Phalonidia chlaenites

Phalonidia chlaenites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Phalonidia
Species: P. chlaenites
Binomial name
Phalonidia chlaenites
Razowski & Becker, 2002[1]

Phalonidia chlaenites is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Brazil (Minas Gerias).

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is creamy ochreous, but paler creamy in the distal half of the wing. The costa is suffused brownish, with some concolorous dots in the median area. The markings are yellowish brown. The hindwings are brown.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski,J. & V.O. Becker, 2002: Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of new species. Part.1. Acta zool. cracov. 45: 287-316
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