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Clepsis bertiogana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Clepsis

Clepsis bertiogana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in São Paulo, Brazil.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is brownish cream, sprinkled with brown and with brown markings with some darker strips. The hindwings are pale brownish grey, but paler basally.

Etymology

The species name refers to the type locality, Bertioga, Brazil.

References

Clepsis bertiogana Wikipedia