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Lobogenesis antiqua

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Lobogenesis antiqua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Lobogenesis
Species:
L. antiqua
Binomial name
Lobogenesis antiqua
Brown, 2000[1]

Lobogenesis antiqua is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Bolivia.

The length of the forewings is 7.8 mm. The forewings are dingy white with pale tan-yellow overscaling. The hindwings are whitish with pale greyish mottling.

Etymology[edit]

The species name refers to the fact that the type specimen was collected more than 100 years before it was formally described. It is derived from the word antique.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Brown, J W (2000). "Revision of Lobogenesis razowski and Odonthalitus razowski (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae), with comments on their monophyly". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 102: 21–49.