Rutilograptis couteauxi

Rutilograptis couteauxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Rutilograptis
Species: R. couteauxi
Binomial name
Rutilograptis couteauxi
(Ghesquière, 1940)[1]
Synonyms
  • Argyrotoxa couteauxi Ghesquière, 1940
  • Polemograptis couteauxi

Rutilograptis couteauxi is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo[2] and Nigeria.[3]

The larvae probably feed on Coccidae species, a family of scale insects.[4]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J. ; L. Aarvik & J. de Prins 2010: An annotated catalogue of the types of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) with descriptions of new genera and new species. Zootaxa 2469: 1-77. Abstract: .
  3. Razowski, J. 2013: Accessions to the Afrotropical fauna of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera), 2.Polish journal of entomology, 82(3): 23-59. doi:10.2478/v10200-012-0032-9 .
  4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Rutilograptis couteauxi (Ghesquière, 1940)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 6, 2018.


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