Cornesia molytes

Cornesia molytes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Cornesia
Species:	C. molytes
Binomial name
	Cornesia molytes; Razowski, 1993

Cornesia molytes is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Kenya.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream, almost entirely shining silver, suffused with greenish in the dorsal half. There are brown dots along the costa and dorsum. The pattern is green, edged with whitish green, accompanied by a costal more ochreous brown mark. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Cornesia molytes Razowski, 1993". Afromoths. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
Razowski, J., 1993: Revision of Apotoforma BUSCK, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of four other Tortricini species. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 36 (1): 183-197.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Cornesia molytes Razowski, 1993". Afromoths. Retrieved December 16, 2017.

[2] Razowski, J., 1993: Revision of Apotoforma BUSCK, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of four other Tortricini species. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 36 (1): 183-197.