Gravitcornutia sodalicia

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

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

The wingspan is 14 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream, in the basal third slightly mixed with ochreous. The dots are ochreous, but grey brown at the costa. The markings are grey with black edges. The hindwings are grey, but more cream basally.

Etymology

The species name refers to the similarly coloured group of species to which it belongs and is derived from Latin sodalis (meaning a companion).[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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