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.

Aethes chilesi
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
  1. Tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J. & J. Wojtusiak, 2008, Genus Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine 19 (3): 497-575.


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