Tortyra fulgens

Tortyra fulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Tortyra
Species: T. fulgens
Binomial name
Tortyra fulgens
(Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Choregia fulgens Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875

Tortyra fulgens is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia.

The larvae bore in young twigs of Ficus species.

References

  1. "choreutidae.lifedesks.org". choreutidae.lifedesks.org. Retrieved 2011-12-19.


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