Paraptila cornucopis

Paraptila cornucopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Paraptila
Species: P. cornucopis
Binomial name
Paraptila cornucopis
(Walsingham, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Enarmonia cornucopis Walsingham, 1914

Paraptila cornucopis is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Mexico (Distrito Federal, San Luis Potosí, Colima, Veracruz).

The length of the forewings is 6.9 mm for males and 6.8-9.5 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is dark red-brown in the basal area, followed by a tawny grey band, with faint purplish suffusion and irregular dark striae. There is also a silver-white patch bordering and a red-brown band. A red-brown area is situated apically and immediately posterior to the costal patch. The hindwings are dingy white with uniform light grey-brown overscaling.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Brown, J.W. 1990: Systematic revision of Paraptila Meyrick (Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society 44 (4): 257-262. Full article:
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