Protopterna eremia

Protopterna eremia is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Japan on the island of Honshu.

Protopterna eremia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Protopterna
Species:
P. eremia
Binomial name
Protopterna eremia
Yasuda & Razowski, 1991[1]

The wingspan is about 13 millimetres (0.51 in). The forewings are rust brown, suffused with brown and black brown and with a few darker and paler spots. The ground colour is reduced to slender cream fascia and a subterminal cream spot at the costa followed by smaller spots reaching the apex. There are also silver-blue refractive spots forming lines subterminally. The hindwings are grey brown, darkening towards the peripheries.[2]

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Some Japanese genera and species of the tribe Euliini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae)
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