Aethes labonita

Aethes labonita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species: A. labonita
Binomial name
Aethes labonita
Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2013[1]

Aethes labonita is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Sucumbíos Province, Ecuador.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream, but white in the costal and median parts of the wing. The strigulation (fine streaking) is grey and brown and the costa is brown up to the middle. The markings are brown. The hindwings are white cream strigulated and suffused with brownish grey in the terminal part.

Etymology

The species name refers to La Bonita, the type locality.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J. & J. Wojtusiak, 2013: Accessions to the fauna of Neotropical Tortricidae (Lepidoptera). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 56 (1): 9-40. Full article: .
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