Argyrotaenia cubae

Argyrotaenia cubae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Tortricidae
Genus:Argyrotaenia
Species: A. cubae
Binomial name
Argyrotaenia cubae
Razowski & Becker, 2010[1]

Argyrotaenia cubae is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Cuba.

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream ferruginous, cream along the edges of the markings and tinged with yellowish brown terminally where weak refractive markings occur. The markings are brownish with dark brown edges. The hindwings are cream, tinged with brownish and browner on the peripheries.

Etymology

The species name refers to the country where the type locality is located.[2]

References

Data related to Argyrotaenia cubae at Wikispecies

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Razowski, J. & V.O. Becker, 2010: Systematic and distributional data on Neotropical Archipini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 53B (1-2): 9-38. DOI: 10.3409/azc.53b_1-2.09-38. Full article: .


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