Aethes chilesi
Aethes chilesi is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It was named by Razowski and Wojtusiak in 2008. It is found in Carchi Province, Ecuador.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Aethes |
Species: | A. chilesi |
Binomial name | |
Aethes chilesi | |
The wingspan is about 27 millimetres (1.1 in). The ground colour of the forewings is white, preserved as a large costal blotch, suffused with brownish and brownish cream and strigulated (finely streaked) with pale rust brown and brown in other parts of the wing. The hindwings are brown cream, strigulated with brownish grey.
Etymology
The species name refers to Volcan Chiles, the type locality.[2]
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References
- Tortricidae.com
- Razowski, J. & J. Wojtusiak, 2008, Genus Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine 19 (3): 497-575.
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