Chionothremma pythia

Chionothremma pythia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Chionothremma
Species: C. pythia
Binomial name
Chionothremma pythia
(Meyrick, 1920)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chresmarcha pythia Meyrick, 1920
  • Chresmarcha delia Meyrick, 1924
  • Chresmarcha patarea Meyrick, 1924

Chionothremma pythia is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in New Guinea.

The wingspan is 18–26 mm. The forewings are snow-white, but the base is yellow towards the costa. There is a slender blackish costal streak, continued round termen by a fine black line forming small triangular spots with some faint pale yellow suffusion round these. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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