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Lobogenesis antiqua

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lobogenesis

Lobogenesis antiqua is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Bolivia.

The length of the forewings is 7.8 mm. The forewings are dingy white with pale tan-yellow overscaling. The hindwings are whitish with pale greyish mottling.

Etymology

The species name refers to the fact that the type specimen was collected more than 100 years before it was formally described. It is derived from the word antique.

References

Lobogenesis antiqua Wikipedia