Sirindhornia pulchella

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Sirindhornia pulchella
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S. pulchella
Binomial name
Sirindhornia pulchella
Pinkaew & Muadsub, 2014

Sirindhornia pulchella is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Thailand. The habitat consist of evergreen forests.

The length of the forewings is 4.8–5 mm for males and 4.5 mm for females. The basal two-fifths of the forewings is white with several slender, connected black lines and a larger mark at one-thirds, as well as isolated, minute black dots more distally. The distal three-fifths of the forewings is orange.

Etymology[]

The species name refers to the wing pattern and color and is derived from Latin pulchella (meaning beautiful).[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Muadsub, S. & Pinkaew, N., 2014 Sirindhornia Pinkaew and Muadsub (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a new enarmoniine genus from Thailand. Zootaxa, 3869(1): 53-63.


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