Balioxena iospila

Balioxena iospila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Balioxena
Species: B. iospila
Binomial name
Balioxena iospila
Meyrick, 1912[1]
Synonyms
  • Balioxena ospila Meyrick, in Wagner, 1912

Balioxena iospila is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Madagascar.[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are pale silvery-grey, the costal third suffused with white. The costal edge is ferruginous, somewhat triangularly thickened towards the middle and three-fourths. There is a median, submedian and dorsal longitudinal series of small irregular ferruginous spots, as well as several ferruginous dots along the termen. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[3]

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