Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tortricidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cornesia | |
Cornesia arabuco is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It was described by Józef Razowski in 2012 and is endemic to Kenya.
The wingspan is about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). The ground colour of the forewings is white-cream, sprinkled and suffused with pale grey-brown. The suffusions are browner. There are some refractive pearly scales and the markings are brownish with black dots and marks. The hindwings are brownish.
Etymology
The species name refers to the type locality.
References
Cornesia arabuco Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA