Phalonidia rotundiventralis

Phalonidia rotundiventralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Phalonidia
Species: P. rotundiventralis
Binomial name
Phalonidia rotundiventralis
Y.H. Sun & H.H. Li, 2013[1]

Phalonidia rotundiventralis is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in China (Sichuan).[2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is pale yellowish white, except the basal 1/5 which is ochreous yellow. The hindwings are pale grey.

Etymology

The species name refers to the ventral margin of the sacculus roundly protruding and is derived from Latin rotundus (meaning round) and ventralis (meaning ventral).[3]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. A Brief Summary of Tribe Cochylini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)
  3. Sun, Y.-H. & H.H. Li, 2013: Taxonomic review of Chinese Phalonidia Le Marchand, 1933 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini). Zootaxa 3641 (5): 533-553. Abstract: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3641.5.3
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