Ordrupia macroctenis

Ordrupia macroctenis is a moth in the family Copromorphidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Peru.[1]

Ordrupia macroctenis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Copromorphidae
Genus:
Ordrupia
Species:
O. macroctenis
Binomial name
Ordrupia macroctenis
Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is 34–37 mm. The forewings are violet fuscous, darker in females, lighter and ochreous tinged towards the dorsum anteriorly. There are cloudy dark fuscous dots in the disc at one-third and on the lower angle of the cell, and a more obscure mark on the upper angle. The hindwings are pale greyish.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ordrupia macroctenis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 243.


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