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Lumaria afrotropica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lumaria

Lumaria afrotropica is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Cameroon.

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is creamy, suffused with pale ochreous at the base and near the termen. The forewing is strigulated (finely streaked) and dotted with brown, especially along the dorsum. There is a black-brown spot at the end of the median cell. The hindwings are pale brownish grey, but paler basally.

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Lumaria afrotropica Wikipedia