''Fibuloides trapezoidea'' 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 w ...
of the family
Tortricidae. It is known from
Guizhou
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in
China
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.
It is similar to ''
Fibuloides cyanopsis'' in the shape of uncus and socius, but can be distinguished by the trapezioidal cucullus and the absence of the enlarged, flattened bristles on the neck of valva. In ''F. cyanopsis'' the cucullus is ovate and the neck of valva has two or more short enlarged, flattened bristles on its ventral side.
Review of the genus Fibuloides Kuznetsov in China (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Olethreutinae)
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Description.
The forewing length is 6.5 mm. The head is vertex with gray scales and the antenna are light brown. The thorax and tegula are gray intermixed with light brown. The forewing is elongate triangular, with a dark gray ground color. The hindwing and cilia are gray. The legs are gray, tarsi with brown rings.
Etymology
The specific name is derived from Latin ''trapezoideus'' (meaning shaped like a trapezoid), referring to the shape of the cucullus.
References
Enarmoniini
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