Orthocomotis volochilesia

Orthocomotis volochilesia is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Carchi Province, Ecuador.

Orthocomotis volochilesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Orthocomotis
Species:
O. volochilesia
Binomial name
Orthocomotis volochilesia
Razowski, Pelz & Wojtusiak, 2007[1]

The wingspan is 26 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is whitish, in the dorsal and median parts suffused with greyish and scaled with brown and orange. The markings and costal spots are dark brown. The hindwings are pale brown grey with brownish cream dots.

Etymology

The species name refers to the Volcan Chiles Massive.[2]

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, Józef, Volker Pelz & Janusz Wojtusiak, 2007, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 50B (2): 1-25.


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