Phalonidia lojana

Phalonidia lojana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Loja Province, Ecuador.

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

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The ground color of the forewings is creamy, slightly suffused with ferruginous in the distal third and dotted and strigulated (finely streaked) with pale rust. The remaining markings are rust. The hindwings are white creamy, but darker at the apex.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. 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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