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Archipimima yanachagae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Archipimima

Archipimima yanachagae is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Peru.

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream grey with whiter transverse lines, brown suffusions and dark brown dots. The hindwings are pale dirty cream, tinged with grey and sparsely darker strigulated (fine streaks) posteriorly.

Etymology

The species name refers to Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park.

References

Archipimima yanachagae Wikipedia