Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tortricidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Gorytvesica | |
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
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