Vulpoxena falcaria

Vulpoxena falcaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Vulpoxena
Species: V. falcaria
Binomial name
Vulpoxena falcaria

Vulpoxena falcaria is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream, tinged with brownish and ochreous and distinctly suffused with brown in the dorsobasal area and the basal area. The markings are brown. The hindwings are cream, mixed with ochreous at the apex.

Etymology

The species name refers to the shape of the terminal part of the aedeagus and is derived from Latin falx (meaning sickle) and arius (an adjective appendix).[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J. & J. Wojtusiak, 2008: Eight new species of the genera Vulpoxena , Cuproxena and Bidorpitia of the Chrysoxena group of genera from Ecuador. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Genus 19 (1): 113-123. Full article:


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