Sirindhornia chaipattana

Sirindhornia chaipattana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Sirindhornia
Species: S. chaipattana
Binomial name
Sirindhornia chaipattana
Pinkaew & Muadsub, 2014

Sirindhornia chaipattana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Thailand. The habitat consist of secondary forests.

The length of the forewings is about 5.2 mm for males and 4.9–5.3 mm for females. The basal two-fifths of the forewings is white with several slender, connected black lines and spots and a distal white band with only few irregular black dots. The distal three-fifths of the forewings is reddish orange. The hindwings are dark grey to blackish with a narrow orange patch along the termen, an orange patch in the center and a whitish to orange streak in the anal region.

Etymology

The species name refers to the Chaipattana Foundation which supports the Ang-Ed community forest.[1]

References

  1. Muadsub, S. & Pinkaew, N., 2014 Sirindhornia Pinkaew and Muadsub (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a new enarmoniine genus from Thailand. Zootaxa, 3869(1): 53-63.


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