Xeneboda congo

Xeneboda congo is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Xeneboda congo
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X. congo
Binomial name
Xeneboda congo

The wingspan is about 16.5 millimetres (0.65 in). The ground colour of the forewings is ferruginous cream, densely strigulated and reticulated with rust and with brownish termen, parts of the costa and dorsum. The hindwings are orange, but brownish in the anal area.

Etymology

The species name refers to the name of the country where the species was found.[2]

gollark: I can give you keycodes, but they may contain secret potatOS backdoors.
gollark: Though it's ignored for stuff like `terminate`.
gollark: `coroutine.yield` passes up whatever you pass to it to whatever is `coroutine.resume`ing the coroutine, and the convention (in CC, for using coroutines for multitasking) is that the thing which is passed is the filter.
gollark: Dan200 is dan200.
gollark: Technically not *exactly*.

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J., 2012: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from the Tervuren Museum: 1. Tortricini and Chlidanotini. Polish Journal of Entomology 81 (2): 129-143. Abstract and full article: doi:10.2478/v10200-012-0002-2.


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