Archips gyraleus

Archips gyraleus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Archips
Species:	A. gyraleus
Binomial name
	Archips gyraleus; Diakonoff, 1982[1]
Synonyms
	Cacoecia micaceana Diakonoff, 1941; Archips seminubilus Razowsky, 1976;

Archips gyraleus is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1982.[2] It is found in Sri Lanka.[3]

Description

The wingspan of the adult male is 17 mm. Head and thorax deep grayish ferruginous. Palpus long and slender. Thorax with a small apical tuft. Abdomen ferruginous gray. Anal tuft pale ocherous orange. Forewings with closely approximated veins 7 and 8. Forewings are oblong subtriangular. Costa sinuate. Apex pointed and prominent. Termen distinctly sinuate. Tornus purplish vinaceous (purplish mixed with the color of red wine) and rounded. Markings of forewings deeply purplish ferruginous, which becomes darker purple upwards towards costa. Two blackish apical points present. Cilia ferruginous, with light ocherous basal half, deep purple around apex. Hindwings glossy light golden vinaceous. Apical half of hindwing paler golden. Cilia pale fulvous, darker around apex.[4]

References

Tortricid.net
"Species Details: Archips gyraleus Diakonoff, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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[1] Tortricid.net

[2] "Species Details: Archips gyraleus Diakonoff, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[3] Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.

[4] Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.