Biology:Trophocosta nummifera

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Short description: Species of moth

Trophocosta nummifera
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Trophocosta
Species:
T. nummifera
Binomial name
Trophocosta nummifera
(Meyrick, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Spatalistis nummifera Meyrick, 1910
  • Trophocosta multiastra Razowski, 1964
  • Spatalistis perusta Diakonoff, 1953

Trophocosta nummifera is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are clear yellow, with scattered ferruginous-orange dots and strigula. There are three small patches on the costa at the base, at one-third and beyond the middle, mixed with fuscous and spotted with bright leaden-metallic. There is also a patch on the middle of the dorsum and a large irregular patch on the tornus and lower part of the termen reaching half across the wing. This patch is ferruginous-orange, somewhat mixed with fuscous and spotted with bright leaden-metallic. There are several small pale metallic spots towards the apex. The hindwings are grey, but rather darker posteriorly.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14508133 entry