Clepsis melaleucana

Clepsis melaleucana, the black-patched clepsis, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863.^[1] It is found in North America from Alberta to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina and Missouri.

Clepsis melaleucana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Clepsis
Species:	C. melaleucana
Binomial name
Clepsis melaleucana (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
Lophoderus melaleucanus Walker, 1863 Clepsis melaleucanus Lozotaenia biustulana Stephens, 1834 Conchylis invexana Walker, 1863 Ptycholoma semifuscana Clemens, 1864

The forewing is yellowish cream and has a large dark brown blotch that extends diagonally upward from the inner margin near the anal angle. Between the large blotch and the thorax, there may be other brown blotches and shading because it varies from each moth in the species. It has a wingspan that ranges from 18 to 25 millimeters. Adults are on wing from May to July.