Phalonidia albicaput

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

Phalonidia albicaput is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Ecuador.

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is whitish creamy, glossy along the edges of the markings with pale ochreous olive suffusions. The markins are ochreous olive. The hindwings are brownish, paler basally than on the periphery.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. 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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