''Archilobesia doboszi'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

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 ...

. It is found in

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in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The habitat consists of rainforests. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is about 18 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream, suffused and sprinkled with brown. The costal strigulae (fine streaks) are cream in the basal half of the wing and white in the distal half. The hindwings are brown.

Etymology

The species is named for Dr Ronald Dobosz, who collected the species., 2013: Leaf-rollers from New Caledonia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). ''Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia'' 41 (161): 69-93. Full article

References

Moths described in 2013 Olethreutini Moths of Oceania {{Olethreutini-stub