Gravitcornutia nasifera

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

Gravitcornutia nasifera is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

The wingspan is 13 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white with grey suffusions and some grey and blackish dots. The markings are black grey. The hindwings are brownish cream.

Etymology

The species name refers to the process of the aedeagus and is derived from Latin nasus (meaning nose) and ferro (meaning I carry).[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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