Aethes bicuspis

Aethes bicuspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species: A. bicuspis
Binomial name
Aethes bicuspis
Razowski & Becker, 2002[1]

Aethes bicuspis is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Brazil (Goiás).[2]

The wingspan is 12 mm for males and 14 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is white with a slight yellowish admixture and weak pale ochreous creamy suffusions at the base of the wing and towards the tornus. The hindwings are light brownish grey, but darker at the apex and whiter basally.[3]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Aethes at funet
  3. Razowski,J. & V.O. Becker, 2002: Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of new species. Part.1. Acta zool. cracov. 45: 287-316
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