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Acleris trujilloana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acleris

Acleris trujilloana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Venezuela.

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is yellow orange strigulated (finely streaked) with brown and preserved at the costa postmedially and at the postbasal part of the dorsum. The remaining area is brown orange, strongly suffused with dark brown, except for the postmedian and apical areas which are brownish orange. The hindwings are white cream, in the distal part suffused and strigulated with grey.

Etymology

The species name refers to the state of Trujillo in Venezuela.

References

Acleris trujilloana Wikipedia