Cosmetra spiculifera

Cosmetra spiculifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cosmetra
Species: C. spiculifera
Binomial name
Cosmetra spiculifera
(Meyrick, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eucosma spiculifera Meyrick, 1913

Cosmetra spiculifera is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, South Africa, Gabon, Ghana and Nigeria.[2]

This species has a wingspan of 11–14 mm, and is light ochreous with some grey suffusion along the dorsum, hindwings with blackish suffused veins.[3]

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ "Afromoths.et de Prins & de Prins, 2017". Afro Moths. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4088.2.6 Aarvik L. 2016. Redefinition and revision of African Cosmetra Diakonoff, 1977 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with description of six new species. - Zootaxa 4088(2):245–256.


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