Saphenista alpha

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

Saphenista alpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Saphenista
Species:
S. alpha
Binomial name
Saphenista alpha
Razowski & Becker, 2007[1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white and glossy with pale brownish cream suffusions and brown dots along the wing edges. The markings are olive brown. The hindwings are brownish white, but whitish basally.

Etymology

The species name refers to the numeration of genitally similar species and is derived from the first letter of the Greek alphabet.[2]

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Józef Razowski & Vitor O. Becker, 2007, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 50B (2): 91-128


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.