Sirindhornia pulchella

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

Sirindhornia pulchella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Sirindhornia
Species:
S. pulchella
Binomial name
Sirindhornia pulchella
Pinkaew & Muadsub, 2014

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 edit

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

References edit

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