Cydia aelina is a species of moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. It was first described by the Dutch lepidopterist Alexey Diakonoff in 1982. The species is found in Sri Lanka.
Taxonomy and Classification
Cydia aelina is classified within the genus Cydia (Hübner, 1825), family Tortricidae, order Lepidoptera. Its taxonomic placement is as follows:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Tortricidae
- Subfamily: Olethreutinae
- Tribe: Grapholitini
- Genus: Cydia
- Species: Cydia aelina (Diakonoff, 1982)
The type locality is recorded as Uggalkaltota, Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. The holotype specimen is a male held in the collection of the United States National Museum (USNM).
Etymology
The specific name aelina is derived from Greek and means "mournful."
Description
Males have a wingspan of approximately 10 mm (0.39 in). The head is brownish grey with black dusting. The antennae are brownish grey to black, moderately thickened, and covered with fine hairs. The labial pedipalps are slender. The thorax is brownish grey to black with pale ochre dusting, and the abdomen is blackish.
The forewings are oblong, moderately broad, and dilated, with a brownish-grey to black coloration. The costal area is curved and marked with pale oblique lines, and the apex is rectangular. The posterior third of the forewing is less densely dusted than the rest, bearing a blackish gloss. The anterior apical edge is jet black, and this dark apical area contains a close pair of large, wedge-shaped, snow-white transverse marks before the apex. The cilia are brownish grey with a darker grey basal line. The hindwings are dark bronze to brownish grey.
Distribution
Cydia aelina has been recorded in Sri Lanka, based on the preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka compiled by Koçak and Kemal (2012).
References
- Diakonoff, Alexey (1982). "On a collection of some families of Microlepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)." Zoologische Verhandelingen (193).
- Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka." Cesa News (79), Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57.
- Catalogue of Life: "Species Details: Cydia aelina Diakonoff, 1982."
