Saetotaenia

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Saetotaenia
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Saetotaenia

Razowski & Becker, 2000
Species:
S. velitans
Binomial name
Saetotaenia velitans
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Tortrix velitansMeyrick, 1923

Saetotaenia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae. [1] It contains only one species, Saetotaenia velitans, which is found in Brazil.

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The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish, with a dark reddish-fuscous costal fold. The edge of the basal patch is indicated by a blackish spot on the fold connected with the costa by a very fine blackish curved line enlarged into a small mark above the middle. There is some crimson and grey irroration towards the dorsum beneath and beyond this. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish with a few grey strigulae towards the apex. [2]

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References

  1. Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W. & Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricidae.com. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  2. Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1-5, Mar. 1912-Sept. 1936