Beryllophantis cochlias

Beryllophantis cochlias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Beryllophantis
Species:	B. cochlias
Binomial name
Beryllophantis cochlias Meyrick, 1938[1]

Beryllophantis cochlias is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea and West Irian. The habitat consists of montane rain-forests.

The wingspan is 13-16 mm for males and 14-17 mm for females. The forewings are pale greenish, with vivid green spots. The costa is creamy, with dark fuscous dots, followed below by vivid green suffusion. There is a conspicuous vivid green patch in the centre of the wing, edged above and below by a tuft of dark fuscous, raised scales. There is also a pale creamy dorsal streak. The hindwings are silvery white, with distal half distinctly striped greyish brown across the wing.^[2]

References

1. tortricidae.com
2. Horak, M. & W. Sauter, 1979: Revision of the genus Beryllophantis Meyrick (Lepidoptera : Tortricidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 27 (5): 789-811.