Aethes bicuspis

Aethes bicuspis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Goiás, Brazil.[2]

Aethes bicuspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species:
A. bicuspis
Binomial name
Aethes bicuspis
Razowski & Becker, 2002[1]

The wingspan is 12 mm for males and 14 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is white with a slight yellowish admixture and weak pale ochreous-creamy suffusions at the base of the wing and towards the tornus. The hindwings are light brownish grey, but darker at the apex and whiter basally.[3]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Aethes at funet
  3. Razowski,J. & V.O. Becker, 2002: Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of new species. Part.1. Acta zool. cracov. 45: 287-316


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