''Paraccra chorogiae'' 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. It is found in
Kenya
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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 16 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is dark grey. The costa, apex and costal half of the termen pale orange, the costa with black dots. There are some red markings. The hindwings are dark brown.
Etymology
The species name refers to the type locality.
[, 2012: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from the Tervuren Museum: 1. Tortricini and Chlidanotini. ''Polish Journal of Entomology'' 81 (2): 129-143. Abstract and full article: .]
References
Endemic moths of Kenya
Moths described in 2012
Tortricini
Moths of Africa
Taxa named by Józef Razowski
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