Xenothictis sympaestra

Xenothictis sympaestra is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The habitat consists of rainforests.

Xenothictis sympaestra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Xenothictis
Species:
X. sympaestra
Binomial name
Xenothictis sympaestra
Razowski, 2013

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are cream, suffused with ferruginous postmedially. The dots, dorsal and subterminal suffusions are grey-brown. The hindwings are greyish cream, spotted with grey.

Etymology

The species name refers to the close genital similarity to Xenothictis coena and is derived from Greek sympaestra (meaning a companion of play).[1]

gollark: Why the hole in the middle and not solid floor though?
gollark: I might adopt that thing of running lots of small cable holes round the edges instead of one in the middle.
gollark: Oh, I quite like that design, it's cool.
gollark: If I do make a new one, I might go for some sort of design with modular cubes and connections between them.
gollark: (Some of) my base - considering building a new bigger one for no good reason.

References
  1. Razowski, J., 2013: Leaf-rollers from New Caledonia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 41 (161): 69-93. Full article: .


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