Gravitcornutia recta

Gravitcornutia recta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Gravitcornutia
Species: G. recta
Binomial name
Gravitcornutia recta
Razowski & Becker, 2010[1]

Gravitcornutia recta is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

The wingspan is 14 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is whitish with blackish suffusions and strigulae (fine streaks). The markings are grey with black marks. The hindwings are brownish grey, but pale basally, with indistinct darker strigulae.

Etymology

The species name refers to simple forewing pattern and is derived from Latin recta (meaning simple).[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J. & V.O. Becker, 2010: Systematic and distributional data on Neotropical Euliini: Gravitcornutia Razowski & Becker (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Polish Journal of Entomology 79 (4): 411-432. Full article: .
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