Cerace onustana

Cerace onustana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cerace
Species: C. onustana
Binomial name
Cerace onustana
Walker, 1863[1]
Synonyms
  • Cerace guttana Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Cerace guttana obscura Diakonoff, 1950

Cerace onustana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Nepal and India (Assam, Bengal).

The wingspan is 39–60 mm. The forewings are bluish-black from the costa to the cell and from the dorsum to the fold, elsewhere suffused with dark ferruginous-crimson. The hindwings are brightly golden-yellow with velvety jet-black markings.[2]

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ A revision of the family Ceracidae (Lepidoptera Tortricoidea)
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