Inape chara

Inape chara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Inape
Species:	I. chara
Binomial name
	Inape chara; Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2008[1]

Inape chara is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Ecuador (Pichincha Province).

The wingspan is 16.5 millimetres (0.65 in). The ground colour of the forewings is cream, tinged with brownish in the basal half of the wing and with pale ferruginous in the posterior part. The hindwings are white cream with whitish strigulation.

Etymology

The species name refers to the facies of the species and is derived from Greek chara (meaning nice).[2]

References

Tortricidae.com
Razowski, J. & J. Wojtusiak (2008). "Genus" (PDF). 19 (3): 497–575. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-15. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] Tortricidae.com

[2] Razowski, J. & J. Wojtusiak (2008). "Genus" (PDF). 19 (3): 497–575. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-15. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)