Tortyra cantharodes
Tortyra cantharodes is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is known from Peru.
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are metallic-green, with strong coppery-purple reflection and a slight black strigula from the costa near the base, as well as a narrow almost straight iridescent-blue-metallic fascia before the middle, edged on each side with blackish and then with a narrow even fascia of dark fuscous whitish-tipped scales, the posterior somewhat broader. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
- "choreutidae.lifedesks.org". choreutidae.lifedesks.org. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- Exotic Microlep. 2: 484
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