Terthreutis argentea

Terthreutis argentea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Terthreutis
Species: T. argentea
Binomial name
Terthreutis argentea
(Butler, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ichthyura argentea Butler, 1886

Terthreutis argentea is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in India (West Bengal, Sikkim).

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white in the dorsal, mediobasal and apical parts of the wing, but tinged with brownish in the costal and basal area and postmedially. It is mixed with ochreous subterminally. The hindwings are brownish grey, but whitish in the distal half. Adults have been recorded on wing in October.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J., 2008, On two South Asian genera Ceramea Diakonoff and Terthreutis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Polish Journal of Entomology 77 (4): 283-299.


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