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Cnephasitis vietnamensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cnephasitis

Cnephasitis vietnamensis is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in northern Vietnam.

The wingspan is about 26 mm for males and 29 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is greyish, mixed with white before the median fascia. The strigulation (fine streaks) and dots are grey and the markings are grey with darker and paler areas. The hindwings are cream grey. The ground colour of the forewings of the females is pale grey with some dark grey dots. They have dirty cream hindwings.

Etymology

The name refers to the country of origin, Vietnam.

References

Cnephasitis vietnamensis Wikipedia