Aoupinieta mountpanieae

Aoupinieta mountpanieae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aoupinieta
Species: A. mountpanieae
Binomial name
Aoupinieta mountpanieae
Razowski, 2013

Aoupinieta mountpanieae is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in New Caledonia.

The wingspan is 20–30 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cinnamon brown with sparse brown dots, but darker in the distal half. There is a white spot at the end of the median cell. The hindwings are yellowish cream, tinged with orange apically.

Etymology

The species name refers to Mount Panie, the type locality.[1]

References

  1. Razowski, J., 2013: Leaf-rollers from New Caledonia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 41 (161): 69-93. Full article: .
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