Neopotamia atrigrapta

Neopotamia atrigrapta
Neopotamia atrigrapta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Neopotamia
Species: N. atrigrapta
Binomial name
Neopotamia atrigrapta
Razowski, 2009

Neopotamia atrigrapta is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Vietnam.[1]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream sprinkled with pale brownish grey and suffused with pale ferruginous in the costal and terminal areas. The hindwings are pale brownish.

Etymology

The name refers to the black colour of the costal marking and cilia and is derived from Latin ater (meaning black) and Greek grapta (meaning painted).

References

  1. ^ Razowski, J., 2009, Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum.6.Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Shilap revista de Lepidopterologia 37 (145): 115-143.
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