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Gorytvesica sychnopina

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Gorytvesica sychnopina is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Ecuador in the provinces of Napo, Tungurahua and Morona-Santiago.

The wingspan is 16–18 mm for males and 19–20 mm for females. The forewings are rusty, strigulated (finely streaked) with brown and suffused with dark brown near two white lines. The hindwings are creamy grey, strigulated with brownish grey.

Etymology

The species name refers to the great number of cornuti and is derived from Greek sychnos (meaning plentiful) and Latin spina (meaning spine).

References

Gorytvesica sychnopina Wikipedia


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