Cornesia arabuco
Cornesia arabuco is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Józef Razowski in 2012 and is endemic to Kenya.
| Cornesia arabuco | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Cornesia |
| Species: | C. arabuco |
| Binomial name | |
| Cornesia arabuco Razowski, 2012 | |
The wingspan is about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). The ground colour of the forewings is white-cream, sprinkled and suffused with pale grey-brown. The suffusions are browner. There are some refractive pearly scales and the markings are brownish with black dots and marks. The hindwings are brownish.
Etymology
The species name refers to the type locality.[1]
References
- Razowski, J., 2012: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from the Tervuren Museum: 1. Tortricini and Chlidanotini. Polish Journal of Entomology 81 (2): 129-143. Abstract and full article: doi:10.2478/v10200-012-0002-2.
External links
Data related to Cornesia arabuco at Wikispecies
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