''Phalonidia aetheria'' is a species of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

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 genu ...

, the subfamily

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, and the tribe

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. It is found in

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, in the states of

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, Santa Catarina and Goias.

Description

From Razowski, 1967, sp.n.:

Labial palpus about 1.5, slender, pale brownish ochreous. Head and thorax rather concolorous with palpi, front paler, creamer. Forewing not dilated posteriorly: costa hardly curved anteriorly, then almost straight, apex short, pointed; termen oblique, straight. Ground colour pale yellowish ochreous, glossy, suffused with ochreous especially along costa and medially. Median fascia represented by brownish ochreous spot in middle of costa, atrophied subcostally, scaled with brown at edges, followed towards dorsum by dark ochreous irregularly intense suffusion. Two or three small dots concolorous with mentioned spot at costa anteriorly and another one 3/4 of costa protruding and forming broad ochreous brown blotch directed towards middle of termen and atrophied before it. Small spot of same color at apex and in mid-way to the formen element as well as at tornus. Fringes darker than ground colour. Hindwing cream, rather narrow, with apex protruding, pointed; fringes pale cream. Length of forewing 3 mm. Male genitalia: Tegumen delicate; socii proportionately very large, coalescent, tapering terminally, with very short free ends. Valva broad, tapering terminad beyond middle, with costa well developed; sacculus strong, irregularly shaped ventrally, convex before middle, curved outwards dorsally, marked with group of rather long spines posteriorly that covers short free termination. Transtilla with proportionately broad lateral parts and elongate, broad anteriorly median portion. Aedeagus slender, bent in middle, protruding and pointed terminally; short, rather broad cornutus and some minute spines in vesica present.

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Similar species

* '' Archipimima vermelhana'' ( Razowski, 2004) * '' Aethesoides stellans'' ( Razowski & Becker, 1994) *'' Brazeulia joaquimana'' ( Razowski & Becker, 2000) *''

Clepsis catarinana ''Clepsis catarinana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16757048 Moths described in 1967 Phalonidia Moths of South America