Orthocomotis miranda

Orthocomotis miranda is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia.

Orthocomotis miranda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Orthocomotis
Species:
O. miranda
Binomial name
Orthocomotis miranda

The wingspan is 29 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is clear white with orange borders and spots, which become rust brown along the dorsum and in the basal third. The markings are dark brown. The hindwings are brown-grey.

Etymology

The species name refers to the fasciae of the species and is derived from Latin miranda (meaning worth admiration).[2]

gollark: Personally, I worship Athe.
gollark: Hmm, so it's particularly useless to you, then.
gollark: If god's plan explains whatever happens retroactively, it is entirely useless as a model to explain anything.
gollark: That really just sounds like, er, post-hoc justification which explains literally nothing.
gollark: But you just said you were going to shop A.

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J. & J. Wojtusiak, 2011: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Colombia. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 54B (1-2): 103-128. Full article: .


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