Bonagota piosana

Bonagota piosana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae which is endemic to Venezuela.

Bonagota piosana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Bonagota
Species:
B. piosana
Binomial name
Bonagota piosana

The wingspan is 16 millimetres (0.63 in). The ground colour of the forewings is cream, tinged pale yellowish brown, darker in the distal half, strigulated and partly suffused with brownish. The hindwings are cream, but whiter at the base and more brownish yellow on the periphery.

Etymology

The species name refers to the type-locality, Quebrada de los Píos.[2]

References

  1. Tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J. & Wojtusiak, J. (2006). "Tortricidae from Venezuela (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". 34 (133). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia: 35–79. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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