Arotrophora khunmaei

Arotrophora khunmaei is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Thailand.

Arotrophora khunmaei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
A. khunmaei
Binomial name
Arotrophora khunmaei

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The ground colour of forewings is greyish brown, dotted with black and with brown markings, as well as black strigulae (fine streaks) along the costa and a row of dots along the termen. The hindwings are brownish.

Etymology

The species name refers to Khun Mae Ngaay, the type locality.[2]

gollark: 7 bits to 99 bytes...
gollark: 7:99 on some older systems, though.
gollark: The ratio is 8:93, actually.
gollark: Explaining things is quite hard, you see.
gollark: I think you're just doing it wrong.

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J., 2009, Oriental Arotrophora Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and its species, Polish Journal of Entomology 78 (1): 33-57. Full article:


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.