Coristaca capsularia

Coristaca capsularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Coristaca
Razowski, 1992
Species: C. capsularia
Binomial name
Coristaca capsularia
Razowski, 1992[1]

Coristaca capsularia is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Costa Rica.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is blackish grey, but whitish at the costa beyond the median marking and discal cell. There are severa1 concolorous or slightly darker scales. The remaining area is suffused and diffusely strigulated (finely streaked) with blackish. The hindwings are whitish, suffused with black grey on the periphery and strigulated with a similar colour.

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