Gravitcornutia sodalicia

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

Gravitcornutia sodalicia
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G. sodalicia
Binomial name
Gravitcornutia sodalicia
Razowski & Becker, 2010[1]

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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