Mictopsichia jamaicana

Mictopsichia jamaicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Mictopsichia
Species: M. jamaicana
Binomial name
Mictopsichia jamaicana
Razowski, 2009

Mictopsichia jamaicana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Jamaica.

The wingspan is about 14.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is pale orange yellow (almost completely suffused olive grey) up to the mid-costa and the end of the termen. The ground colour in the terminal third of the wing is orange. There are bluish-silver refractive markings. The hindwings are orange, mixed with brown on the periphery.

Etymology

The name refers to the country of origin, Jamaica.[1]

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