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Sisurcana pululahuana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Sisurcana

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

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is brownish cream with brownish suffusions and venation. The colour is creamer at one-third of the costa. The markings are dark brown. The hindwings are brownish, darker in the posterior half.

Etymology

The species name refers to the type locality, the dormant volcano Pululagua.

References

Sisurcana pululahuana Wikipedia