Archips silvicolanus
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Archips silvicolanus is a moth
of the Tortricidae
family. It is found in Vietnam
.
The wingspan
is 23 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is brownish ferruginous, but ochreous in the tornal area, tinged and sprinkled with rust brown. The markings are dark rust brown. The hindwings are brownish with an orange apical area.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Tortricidae
Tortricidae
Tortricidae is a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths, in the order Lepidoptera. Tortricidae is a large family with over 9,400 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea. Many of these are economically important pests. Olethreutidae is a junior synonym...
family. It is found in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 23 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is brownish ferruginous, but ochreous in the tornal area, tinged and sprinkled with rust brown. The markings are dark rust brown. The hindwings are brownish with an orange apical area.