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Sparganothoides plemmelana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Sparganothoides

Sparganothoides plemmelana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Guatemala.

The length of the forewings is 8.6–9.6 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is light brownish yellow. The hindwings are grey.

Etymology

The species name refers to the discordance between superficial and genitalic similarities among this species and its most closely related congeners and is derived from Greek plemmeles (meaning discordant).

References

Sparganothoides plemmelana Wikipedia