Reptilisocia tarica

Reptilisocia tarica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Reptilisocia
Species: R. tarica
Binomial name
Reptilisocia tarica

Reptilisocia tarica is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The costa and termen are mostly yellow, but a small area is ferruginous cream, dotted with brown and edged with grey-brown. There is a cream spot between the end of the median cell and the dorsum. The hindwings are white cream, slightly tinged with brownish at the apex.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J., 2012: Descriptions of new Tortricini from the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 40 (159): 315-335. Full article: .


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