Eucosmophyes icelitodes explained

Eucosmophyes icelitodes is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Description

Males have a wingspan of 9mm and females have a wingspan of 9.5mm. The head is pale ash grey with a dark grey vertex. Male antennae are subserrulate and pale ash grey. The pedipalps are dark grey with a pale ash-grey apex. The thorax is lighter ash grey. The abdomen is dark leaden grey in males and a lighter grey in females. The anal tuft is light ash grey and the venter is white. The forewings are pale ash grey and oblong. The forewing bears a deep blue to ash-grey basal patch. The posterior two thirds of the costa possesses six to seven black oblique marks. The apex of the forewing has a large round black spot. Female moths have a broad black subapical band on the forewing. The forewing cilia are ash grey. The hindwings are a glossy brownish grey, with darker brown to grey dusting. The hindwing cilia are light brownish grey with a darker subbasal band and a white basal line.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Details: Eucosmophyes icelitodes Diakonoff, 1982 . Catalogue of Life . 29 June 2018.
  2. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . 79 . 1–57 . Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara . Academia.
  3. Diakonoff . A. . 1982 . On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) . Zoologische Verhandelingen . 193 . 1–124 . Naturalis Biodiversity Center.