Reptilisocia impetigo

Reptilisocia impetigo is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea.

Reptilisocia impetigo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Reptilisocia
Species:
R. impetigo
Binomial name
Reptilisocia impetigo

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is whitish postbasally and at the base dorsally, with grey-brown strigulae. The wing is suffused green in the costal half postmedially and mixed grey at the apex and in the dorso-posterior fourth of the wing where it is also spotted brown-grey. The markings are weak, greenish and found only in the costal half of the wing. The hindwings are pale brownish.

Etymology

The species name refers to coloration of the forewings and is derived from Latin impedigo (meaning a lichen).[2]

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References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J., 2012: Descriptions of new Tortricini from the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 40 (159): 315-335. Full article: .


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