Chionothremma pythia

Chionothremma pythia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Chionothremma
Species:	C. pythia
Binomial name
	Chionothremma pythia; (Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
	Chresmarcha pythia Meyrick, 1920; Chresmarcha delia Meyrick, 1924; Chresmarcha patarea Meyrick, 1924;

Chionothremma pythia is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Guinea.

The wingspan is 18–26 mm. The forewings are snow-white, but the base is yellow towards the costa. There is a slender blackish costal streak, continued round termen by a fine black line forming small triangular spots with some faint pale yellow suffusion round these. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References

^ tortricidae.com
^ Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1–5, Mar. 1912-Sept. 1936 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] tortricidae.com

[2] Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1–5, Mar. 1912-Sept. 1936 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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