''Grapholita schizodelta'' is a
moth of the family
Tortricidae first described by
Alexey Diakonoff in 1982. It is found in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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specific name Specific name may refer to:
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is derived from Greek meaning "a split delta", referring to the Greek letter
delta.
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Description
Female moths have a wingspan of . The head is a light grey to ochre. The whitish pedipalps are porrect
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, pointed and straight. The thorax and abdomen are dark greyish brown. The dark greyish-brown forewings are oblong. The greyish-brown costa is gently curved, with seven pairs of very narrow white transverse lines. The apex is sub-rectangular. The middle dorsum has an equilateral triangular white spot. The hindwing
Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly. They are found on the second and third thoracic segments (the mesothorax and metathorax), and the two pairs are often referred to as the forewings and hi ...
s are dark greyish brown with a purplish gloss. A pale basal line is present.
References
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1982
Thyrididae
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