Pandemis perispersa
| Pandemis perispersa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Subfamily: | Tortricinae |
| Genus: | Pandemis |
| Species: | P. perispersa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pandemis perispersa (Diakonoff, 1970) | |
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Pandemis perispersa is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North Madagascar.[1]
The female has a wingspan of 30 mm. The head is light ochreous with a long palpus of about 5x the eye diameter. The thorax is pale ochreous suffused with light purplish-fulvous, the abdomen pale ochreous with purple points. The forewings are oblong-truncate, costa moderately sinuate. They are light fulvous evenly suffused with light grey, with a purple tinge and in certain lights with a golden gloss. The costal edge is narrowly white.
The hindwings are whitishyellow with the apical third suffused with light fulvous and transversed with purplish-grey. [2]
References
- ↑ afromoths.net
- ↑ Diakonoff, 1970, Lepidoptera Tortricoidea from Tsaratanana Range, Mém.Orstom No. 37, p.108-109
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