Lozotaenia sciarrettae
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| Lozotaenia sciarrettae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Lozotaenia |
| Species: | L. sciarrettae |
| Binomial name | |
| Lozotaenia sciarrettae Razowski & Trematerra, 2010 | |
Lozotaenia sciarrettae is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. The species is endemic to Ethiopia, where it is known only from the Harenna Forest in the Bale Mountains. The wingspan is 15–18 mm. In the male, the head and thorax are yellowish brown. The forewing is pale brownish cream with a hint of yellow. Yellow-brown shading is present, and some veins are tinted brown. In females, the forewing expands slightly toward the back, with a more slanted termen) compared to the male.
Lozotaenia sciarrettae was described by the entomologists J. Razowski and P. Trematerra in 2010 on the basis of an adult male specimen collected from the Bale Mountains in Ethiopia. The species is named after Andrea Sciarretta, who collected the holotype of this species and several other Ethiopian moths.[1]
The species resembles Metamesia physetopa and Procrica dinshona in external morphology, but is most similar to L. karchana in the appearance of its genitalia.[1]
