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Orthocomotis albimarmorea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Orthocomotis

Orthocomotis albimarmorea is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador.

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The ground colour of the white, sprinkled with black and sparsely scaled with green and reddish beyond the median cell. The markings are black. The hindwings are whitish grey, suffused with grey and strigulated (finely streaked) with dark grey. The periphery is dark grey.

Etymology

The species name refers to the whitish marble-like markings on the forewings.

References

Orthocomotis albimarmorea Wikipedia