Biology:Sirindhornia pulchella

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Short description: Species of moth

Sirindhornia pulchella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Sirindhornia
Species:
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.

Wikidata ☰ Q15497494 entry