Moneulia monilia
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Moneulia monilia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Moneulia |
Species: | M. monilia |
Binomial name | |
Moneulia monilia Razowski & Becker, 2002[1] | |
Moneulia monilia is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Ecuador (Loja Province).
The wingspan is 17 millimetres (0.67 in). The ground colour of the forewings is glossy white, strigulated with light grey-brown in the dorsal third of the wing and suffused with the same colour in the distal third. The markings are black-grey with black spots. The hindwings are whitish, tinged with light brownish terminally.[2]
References
- โ Tortricidae.com
- โ Razowski & Becker (2002). Black and white forewing pattern in Tortricidae (Lepidoptera), with descriptions of new taxa of Neotropical Euliini 45 (3). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. pp. 245โ257.
External links
- Data related to Moneulia monilia at Wikispecies
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