''Phalonidia melanothicta'' is a species of
moth of the family
Tortricidae. It is found in
China
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(
Anhui,
Fujian,
Guangxi
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,
Guizhou,
Hubei,
Hunan,
Jiangxi,
Ningxia,
Sichuan,
Yunnan,
Zhejiang) and
Japan
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.
The
wingspan is 8.5−13 mm.
[, 2013: Taxonomic review of Chinese Phalonidia Le Marchand, 1933 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini). ''Zootaxa'' 3641 (5): 533-553. Abstract: ]
References
Moths described in 1927
Phalonidia
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