Pentacitrotus maculatus

Pentacitrotus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Tortricidae
Genus:Pentacitrotus
Species: P. maculatus
Binomial name
Pentacitrotus maculatus
Kawabe, 1993[1]

Pentacitrotus maculatus is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Nepal.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are orange lilac, margined by a narrow black line and with black markings, bordered by narrow leaden-metallic lines. The hindwings are crimson orange or dark reddish orange with brownish-black markings.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Kawabe, A., 1993: Descriptions of two new species of the Ceracini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). Tyô to Ga, 44 (3): 97-100. Abstract and full article: .



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