Aoupinieta setaria

Aoupinieta setaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aoupinieta
Species: A. setaria
Binomial name
Aoupinieta setaria
Razowski, 2013

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

The wingspan is about 29 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is brownish yellow, suffused and strigulated (finely streaked) with ferruginous. The hindwings are whitish, mixed with brownish grey posteriorly and with some darker strigulae.

Etymology

The species name refers to the ciliation of the antennae and is derived from Latin seta (meaning bristle).[1]

References

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