''Phalonidia acrota'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae, the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Tortricinae The Tortricinae are the nominate subfamily of tortrix moths. Commonly referred to as leafrollers, as the larvae build shelters by folding or rolling leaves of the food plant, the tortricinae include several notable pests as well species used as ...

, and the tribe

Cochylini The Cochylini are a tribe of tortrix moths. It used to be classified as the subfamily Cochylinae. Diversity The tribe contains about 1,000 described species in about 80 genera. Distribution Members of the tribe are present worldwide, but the gr ...

. It is found in Peru.

Description

Razowski lists the wingspan as 15mm.

Original description

From Razowski, 1993, sp.n.:

Alar expense 15 mm; head and thorax brownish grey; labial palpus over 1. Forewing distinctly expanding terminally, broad in distal part, with costa slightly concave medially; termen oblique, somewhat convex. Ground-color clear white, in form of broad blotch extending from mid-costa to before apex, reaching beyond middle breadth of wing, with arched distal edge. Dorsal half of wing suffused grey; apical area dark grey with blackish reticulation and some whitish spots; base of wing brownish-grey with some black dashes; median fascia ill-defined, diffuse, blackish, darkest in costal half. Fringes whitish, with median line grey and divisions situated beyond black terminal dots blackish. Hindwing white-cream, suffused and stigulated brownish grey on periphery; fringes long, cream; greyish median line only at apex. Male genitalia: Socii fairly long, on rather short base; valva up-curved; sacculus with long, rounded free termination; median part of transtilla fairly long, with distinct apical bifurcation. Aedeagus slender, bent, with moderate terminal prominence; caulis very large, with protruding, spined lateral projections; cornutus as long as median part of transtilla. Abdominal scent organ small, in form of short process of distal edge of sixth sternite, with extending lateral corners. Comments. Closely related to ''
walkerana ''Walkerana'' is a genus of frogs in the family Ranixalidae. The genus is endemic to the Western Ghats in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India. It was erected in 2016 to host three species of ''Indirana'' that represented a genetically a ...
'' but easily distinguished by more black pattern and white blotch of ground colour at forewing costa. As regards genitalia, the new species differs in having the rounded end of the sacculus, larger aedeagus and very large, spined caulis.

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Occurrences

Only one occurrence has been recorded (Peru), via the NHMD Entomology Collection. Razowski does not cite the overall genus ''

Phalonidia ''Phalonidia'' is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae. Distribution ''Phalonidia'' is found almost world-wide, except for the African and Australian regions. The genus is most diverse in the Neotro ...

'' as endemic to Peru, but he offers no elaboration regarding specific ''P.'' species.

References

Moths described in 1993 Phalonidia Moths of South America {{Phalonidia-stub