Isodemis quadrata

Isodemis quadrata
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Section:	Cossina
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Isodemis
Species:	I. quadrata
Binomial name
Isodemis quadrata Sun & Li, 2011

Isodemis quadrata is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is known from Tibet, China.

The wingspan is 19.5–20 mm for males and 21–22.5 mm for females.

Male

The head, antenna and labial palpus are yellowish brown, with scattered ochreous brown. The thorax and tegula are ochreous brown mixed with yellowish brown. The forewing is yellowish brown with sparse ochreous scales, but the costal fold is tinged with brownish black. The markings are brownish black mottled with ochreous. The hindwings are dark gray, distally with a pale grayish brown patch tinged with yellowish brown. The cilia are dark gray. The legs are dark yellow, tinged with brownish black on the ventral side of the foreleg and on the outer side of the mid- and hindlegs. The abdomen is grayish brown.

Female

The head and labial palpus are dark grayish brown. The antenna are brownish black tinged with yellowish brown. The forewings are broader than in the males. They are nearly rectangular and the apex is slightly protruding anteriorly. The costal margin is tinged with brownish black. The hindwings are gray, anterodistally with a yellowish brown patch mottled with brownish black.

Etymology

The specific name is from the Latin quadratus (meaning square), referring to the rectangular uncus in the male genitalia.

External links

• Review of the genus Isodemis Diakonoff (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from China, with description of three new species