Coeloptera vulpina is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Coeloptera |
| Species: | C. vulpina
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| Binomial name | |
| Coeloptera vulpina (Turner, 1916)
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The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are fuscous, with a dull purplish gloss, suffused (except near the base) with reddish brown. The hindwings are whitish, strigulated (finely streaked) with whitish grey.[1]
References
edit- ^ New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae
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