Sirindhornia chaipattana

Sirindhornia chaipattana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Thailand. The habitat consist of secondary forests.

Sirindhornia chaipattana
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S. chaipattana
Binomial name
Sirindhornia chaipattana
Pinkaew & Muadsub, 2014

The length of the forewings is about 5.2 mm for males and 4.9–5.3 mm for females. The basal two-fifths of the forewings is white with several slender, connected black lines and spots and a distal white band with only few irregular black dots. The distal three-fifths of the forewings is reddish orange. The hindwings are dark grey to blackish with a narrow orange patch along the termen, an orange patch in the center and a whitish to orange streak in the anal region.

Etymology

The species name refers to the Chaipattana Foundation which supports the Ang-Ed community forest.[1]

References

  1. Muadsub, S. & Pinkaew, N., 2014 Sirindhornia Pinkaew and Muadsub (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a new enarmoniine genus from Thailand. Zootaxa, 3869(1): 53-63.


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