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Gauruncus venezolanus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Gauruncus

Gauruncus venezolanus is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Venezuela.

The length of the forewings is 8 mm for males and 8.5 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is almost unicolorous brownish, slightly more pale cream distally, where it is finely strigulated (streaked) with brown. The hindwings are brownish, but paler basally.

Etymology

The species name refers to the country of Venezuela.

References

Gauruncus venezolanus Wikipedia