Ochetarcha

Ochetarcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Genus: Ochetarcha
Meyrick, 1924
Species: O. miraculosa
Binomial name
Ochetarcha miraculosa
(Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Olindia miraculosa Meyrick, 1917

Ochetarcha is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.[1] It contains only one species, Ochetarcha miraculosa, which is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings pale-brownish, strigulated with purplish-grey. The extreme costal edge is whitish-ochreous and there is some purplish suffusion towards the base of the costa. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

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