Idolatteria pyropis

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Idolatteria pyropis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Idolatteria
Species:
I. pyropis
Binomial name
Idolatteria pyropis
Walsingham, 1914 [1]

Idolatteria pyropis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Costa Rica. [2]

The wingspan is about 29 millimetres (1.1 in). The forewings are deep orange, the costa and termen alternately marked with dark purple and yellowish white, the purple assuming a more reddish tinge where it encroaches on the orange ground colour. There is a series of nine costal, one apical and six or seven terminal streaks. The hindwings are reddish orange, spotted with purplish fuscous throughout. [3]

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References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Obraztsov, N.S., 1966: Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XI. Revision of the genus Idolatteria (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum119 (3453): 1-11. Full article:
  3. botanicus.org