Polylopha epidesma

Polylopha epidesma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Polylopha
Species: P. epidesma
Binomial name
Polylopha epidesma
Lower, 1901[1]
Synonyms
  • Oxygrapha porpacias Meyrick, 1908

Polylopha epidesma is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka and Australia.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey whitish, mixed with greenish leaden, and strewn with numerous tufts of ashy-grey scales, which become blackish posteriorly. The hindwings are dark fuscous, but lighter on the basal half.[2]

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