Phalonidia docilis

Phalonidia docilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Phalonidia
Species:	P. docilis
Binomial name
	Phalonidia docilis; (Razowski & Becker, 2002)[1]
Synonyms
	Lasiothyris docilis Razowski & Becker, 2002;

Phalonidia docilis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is creamy with ochreous creamy suffusions, which are darkest in the distal third of the wing. The costal strigulation (fine streaking) is brown. The hindwings are brownish grey, but paler basally.[3]

References

tortricidae.com
Józef Razowski & Vitor O. Becker, 2007, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 50B (2): 91-128
Razowski,J. & V.O. Becker, 2002: Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of new species. Part.1. Acta zool. cracov. 45: 287-316

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[1] tortricidae.com

[2] Józef Razowski & Vitor O. Becker, 2007, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 50B (2): 91-128

[3] Razowski,J. & V.O. Becker, 2002: Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of new species. Part.1. Acta zool. cracov. 45: 287-316