Panegyra metria

Panegyra metria is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Ghana.[2]

Panegyra metria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Panegyra
Species:
P. metria
Binomial name
Panegyra metria

The wingspan is about 10.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is grey-brown and the costa whitish to two-thirds, with three sinuate concavities from the second of which a fascia extends to before The mid-dorsum. The apical and terminal areas are whitish, the latter with minute brownish dots on a white ground. The hindwings are pale brownish.[3]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Razowski, J., 2005: Notes and descriptions of primitive Tortricini from Tropical Africa, with a list of Asian taxa (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 33 (132): 423-436. Full article:"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2012-12-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).


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