Phalonidia albicaput

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

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

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 markings 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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