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Pandemis ianus

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Species of moth

Pandemis ianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pandemis
Species: P. ianus
Binomial name
Pandemis ianus
(Diakonoff, 1970)
Synonyms
  • Parapandemis ianus Diakonoff, 1970

Pandemis ianus is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in north Madagascar.

The male of this species has a wingspan of 21.5 mm. Its head is tawny fuscous, palus tawny, the thorax tawny ochreous, abdomen greyish fuscous.

The forewings are suboval with a rounded costa. They are light pinkish ochreous, glossy and strewn with fuscous grey. The hindwings are golden ochreous, the posterior third with a pink suffusion and irregularly transversed by rows of dark grey dots.

The genitalia of this species are close to Pandemis capnobathra.

References

  1. afromoths.net
  2. Diakonoff, 1970, Lepidoptera Tortricoidea from Tsaratanana Range, Mém.Orstom No. 37, p.108-109
Taxon identifiers
Pandemis ianus


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