Biology:Clepsis jordaoi

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Short description: Species of moth

Clepsis jordaoi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Clepsis
Species:
C. jordaoi
Binomial name
Clepsis jordaoi
Razowski & Becker, 2010[1]

Clepsis jordaoi is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in São Paulo, Brazil .

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is whitish, sprinkled and strigulated (finely streaked) with brownish. The hindwings are cream.[2]

Etymology

The species name refers to the type locality Campos do Jordão.[3]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Lee, Sangmi (30 March 2014). "Preliminary list of the lepidopterous insects in the Arizona State University Hasbrouck Insect Collection". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 7 (1): e76–e94. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2014.03.002. 
  3. Razowski, Józef; Becker, Vitor O. (30 June 2010). "Systematic and distributional data on Neotropical Archipini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia - Series B: Invertebrata 53 (1): 9–38. doi:10.3409/azc.53b_1-2.09-38. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17153513 entry