Argyrotaenia santacatarinae

Argyrotaenia santacatarinae is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Argyrotaenia santacatarinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Argyrotaenia
Species:
A. santacatarinae
Binomial name
Argyrotaenia santacatarinae
Razowski & Becker, 2010[1]

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is dark greyish brown, scaled grey and with brown-grey markings with blackish brown marginal marks. The hindwings are dark brown.

Etymology

The species name refers to the type locality, the state of Santa Catarina.[2]

gollark: Potatos tau
gollark: Ban them.
gollark: After all, the halting problem is unsolvable.
gollark: They're clearly just guessing.
gollark: Potatos doesn't halt, and that's okay. It's not okay to do it for no reason.

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J. & V.O. Becker, 2010: Systematic and distributional data on Neotropical Archipini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 53B (1-2): 9-38. DOI: 10.3409/azc.53b_1-2.09-38. Full article: .

Data related to Argyrotaenia santacatarinae at Wikispecies


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