Protopterna eremia

Protopterna eremia is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Japan on the island of Honshu.

Protopterna eremia
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P. eremia
Binomial name
Protopterna eremia
Yasuda & Razowski, 1991[1]

The wingspan is about 13 millimetres (0.51 in). The forewings are rust brown, suffused with brown and black brown and with a few darker and paler spots. The ground colour is reduced to slender cream fascia and a subterminal cream spot at the costa followed by smaller spots reaching the apex. There are also silver-blue refractive spots forming lines subterminally. The hindwings are grey brown, darkening towards the peripheries.[2]

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