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''Archips baolokia'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
of the family
Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the gen ...
. It is found in
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...
. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...
is 17 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is brownish ferruginous, but paler in the tornal fourth of the wing with indistinct cream lines and brown suffusions and spots along the costa. The markings are almost completely atrophied and diffuse. The hindwings are pale brown.


Etymology

This name refers to the type locality in Vietnam, Bao Lok.


References

Archips Moths described in 2009 Moths of Asia Taxa named by Józef Razowski {{archips-stub