Cryptophlebia heterospina

Cryptophlebia heterospina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cryptophlebia
Species: C. heterospina
Binomial name
Cryptophlebia heterospina
Razowski, 2013

Cryptophlebia heterospina is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found on Seram in Indonesia. The habitat consists of bamboo and secondary forests.

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are brownish cream, but cream in the dorsoposterior part of the wing. The hindwings are brown grey, but more cream, strigulated (finely streaked) with brownish in the apical area.

Etymology

The species name refers to a difference in the spines of the cucullus to Cryptophlebia illepida and is derived from Greek heteros (meaning different).[1]

References

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