Pandemis Ianus
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''Pandemis ianus'' is a
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. It is found in north
Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. The male of this species has a wingspan of 21.5 mm. Its head is tawny fuscous, palus tawny, the thorax tawny ochreous, abdomen greyish fuscous. The forewings are suboval with a rounded costa. They are light pinkish ochreous, glossy and strewn with fuscous grey. The hindwings are golden ochreous, the posterior third with a pink suffusion and irregularly transversed by rows of dark grey dots. The genitalia of this species are close to ''
Pandemis capnobathra ''Pandemis capnobathra'' is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in northern and eastern parts of Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; ...
''. Diakonoff, 1970, ''Lepidoptera Tortricoidea from Tsaratanana Range'', Mém.Orstom No. 37, p.108-109


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Moths described in 1970 Pandemis Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Pandemis-stub