Chionothremma pythia

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Chionothremma pythia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Chionothremma
Species:
C. pythia
Binomial name
Chionothremma pythia
(Meyrick, 1920) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chresmarcha pythiaMeyrick, 1920
  • Chresmarcha deliaMeyrick, 1924
  • Chresmarcha patareaMeyrick, 1924

Chionothremma pythia is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Guinea.

The wingspan is 18–26 mm. The forewings are snow-white, but the base is yellow towards the costa. There is a slender blackish costal streak, continued round termen by a fine black line forming small triangular spots with some faint pale yellow suffusion round these. The hindwings are grey. [2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1–5, Mar. 1912-Sept. 1936 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .