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Pentacitrotus maculatus

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Pentacitrotus maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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: [1].