Pandemis ianus

Pandemis ianus is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in north Madagascar.[1]

Pandemis ianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Subfamily:
Tortricinae
Genus:
Pandemis
Species:
P. ianus
Binomial name
Pandemis ianus
(Diakonoff, 1970)
Synonyms
  • Parapandemis ianus Diakonoff, 1970

The male of this species has a wingspan of 21.5 mm. Its head is tawny fuscous, palus tawny, the thorax tawny ochreous, abdomen greyish fuscous.

The forewings are suboval with a rounded costa. They are light pinkish ochreous, glossy and strewn with fuscous grey. The hindwings are golden ochreous, the posterior third with a pink suffusion and irregularly transversed by rows of dark grey dots.

The genitalia of this species are close to Pandemis capnobathra. [2]

References
  1. afromoths.net
  2. Diakonoff, 1970, Lepidoptera Tortricoidea from Tsaratanana Range, Mém.Orstom No. 37, p.108-109


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