Lobogenesis antiqua

Lobogenesis antiqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Lobogenesis
Species: L. antiqua
Binomial name
Lobogenesis antiqua
Brown, 2000[1]

Lobogenesis antiqua is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Bolivia.

The length of the forewings is 7.8 mm. The forewings are dingy white with pale tan-yellow overscaling. The hindwings are whitish with pale greyish mottling.

Etymology

The species name refers to the fact that the type specimen was collected more than 100 years before it was formally described. It is derived from the word antique.[2]

References

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