Isodemis phloiosignum

Isodemis phloiosignum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Isodemis
Species: I. phloiosignum
Binomial name
Isodemis phloiosignum
Razowski, 2013

Isodemis phloiosignum is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found on Seram Island, Indonesia.

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream, slightly tinged with rust and suffused with rust in the basal half of the wing. The markings are ferruginous, mixed with black towards the tornus. The hindwings are dark grey-brown, strigulated (finely streaked) with yellow ferruginous and brown in the apex area.

Etymology

The species name refers to the shape of the signum and is derived from Greek phloioi (meaning to swell).[1]

References

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