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Aoupinieta mountpanieae

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Aoupinieta mountpanieae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aoupinieta
Species:
A. mountpanieae
Binomial name
Aoupinieta mountpanieae
Razowski, 2013

Aoupinieta mountpanieae is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Caledonia in the south-west Pacific.

The wingspan is 20–30 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cinnamon brown with sparse brown dots, but darker in the distal half. There is a white spot at the end of the median cell. The hindwings are yellowish cream, tinged with orange apically.

Etymology

The species name refers to Mont Panié, the type locality.[1]

References

  1. ^ Razowski, J., 2013: Leaf-rollers from New Caledonia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 41 (161): 69-93. Full article: [1].