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Taiteccopsis davisorum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Taiteccopsis

Taiteccopsis davisorum is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Nigeria.

The wingspan is about 9.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream and the submedian interfascia are tinged with pale ferruginous posteriorly and sparsely strigulated with brownish grey. The posterior half of the wing is suffused with brownish and sprinkled and strigulated with brown-grey. The costal strigulae are more creame than the ground colour. The divisions are brownish and markings brownish grey with blackish strigulae and sprinkled with whitish. The hindwings are brownish, but paler basally.

Etymology

The species is named for Don and Mignon Davis who collected the species.

References

Taiteccopsis davisorum Wikipedia