Gravitcornutia basiceramea

Gravitcornutia basiceramea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Gravitcornutia
Species: G. basiceramea
Binomial name
Gravitcornutia basiceramea
Razowski & Becker, 2010[1]

Gravitcornutia basiceramea is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Bahia, Brazil.

The wingspan is 12 mm. The basal half of the wings is brownish yellow with a few browner dots and brown suffusion of the base of the costa. The median area is brown and the distal third is ochreous brownish with brown strigulae (fine streaks). The hindwings are brown.

Etymology

The species name refers to the colouration of the forewing base and is derived from Greek ceramea or keramos (meaning [colour of] brick or clay).[2]

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Razowski, J. & V.O. Becker, 2010: Systematic and distributional data on Neotropical Euliini: Gravitcornutia Razowski & Becker (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Polish Journal of Entomology 79 (4): 411-432. Full article: .


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