Diceratura complicana

Diceratura complicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Diceratura
Species: D. complicana
Binomial name
Diceratura complicana
Aarvik, 2010[1]

Diceratura complicana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are white with fuscous transverse striae. The costa is suffused with grey up to the middle. The hindwings are grey.

Etymology

The species name indicates the complicated structure of the valva of the species.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Aarvik, L., 2010: Review of East African Cochylini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) with description of new species. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 57 (2): 81-108. Abstract: .
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