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

Clepsis jordaoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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 edit

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

References edit

  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.