Cornesia arabuco

Cornesia arabuco
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cornesia
Species: C. arabuco
Binomial name
Cornesia arabuco
Razowski, 2012

Cornesia arabuco is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It was described by Józef Razowski in 2012 and is endemic to Kenya.

The wingspan is about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). The ground colour of the forewings is white-cream, sprinkled and suffused with pale grey-brown. The suffusions are browner. There are some refractive pearly scales and the markings are brownish with black dots and marks. The hindwings are brownish.

Etymology

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

References

  1. Razowski, J., 2012: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from the Tervuren Museum: 1. Tortricini and Chlidanotini. Polish Journal of Entomology 81 (2): 129-143. Abstract and full article: doi:10.2478/v10200-012-0002-2.

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