Acleris bicolor

Acleris bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species: A. bicolor
Binomial name
Acleris bicolor
Kawabe, 1963[1]
Synonyms
  • Acleris dicolor Kawabe, 1963

Acleris bicolor is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Japan.

The length of the forewings is 9 mm for males and 11 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is bicolored. The costal area is orange yellow, with a darker orange apical portion. The remaining area is metallic leaden, with scattered pale greyish-brown and yellow scales. The hindwings are brownish grey, but darker apically and lighter dorsally and basally.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Kawabe, A., 1963: Descriptions of three new and one unrecorded species of the genus Acleris HB. Tyô to Ga 14 (3): 70-75. Abstract and full article: .
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