Apotoforma fustigera

Apotoforma fustigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Apotoforma
Species: A. fustigera
Binomial name
Apotoforma fustigera
Razowski, 1986[1]

Apotoforma fustigera is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Ethiopia and Nigeria.[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is green, but yellowish at the base and along the distal part of the costa. Both the base of the costa and the suffusions are brown.[3]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Razowski, J., 1993: Revision of Apotoforma BUSCK, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of four other Tortricini species. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 36 (1): 183-197.
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