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Sisurcana microbaccata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Sisurcana

Sisurcana microbaccata is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Carchi Province, Ecuador.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream brown with brown suffusions, costal spots, base and terminal area. The hindwings are pale greyish brown.

Etymology

The species name refers to the refractive dots on the forewing and is derived from Greek micros (meaning small) and baccatus (meaning covered with pearls).

References

Sisurcana microbaccata Wikipedia