Galomecalpa parsoni

Galomecalpa parsoni is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Ecuador (Pichincha Province) and Peru.[2]

Galomecalpa parsoni
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G. parsoni
Binomial name
Galomecalpa parsoni
Razowski & Pelz, 2006[1]

The wingspan is 25 millimetres (0.98 in). The ground colour of the forewings is cream, suffused and strigulated (finely streaked) with greyish brown. The hindwings are cream, suffused and strigulated with brownish.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Mr Richard Parsons, who supported fieldwork of the authors at the Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve.[3]

gollark: <@!330678593904443393> You did 5, didn't you?
gollark: Aren't there multiple ones using mergesort?
gollark: LyricLy focused a lot on sorting algorithms, but there are tons of lists of them online so that's a bad indicator.
gollark: People will disguise their style though, unless they're doublebluffing.
gollark: I think I can at least do *slightly* better than chance.

References

  1. Tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J. & J. Wojtusiak (June 30, 2010). "Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Peru" (PDF). 53B (1–2). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia: 73–159. doi:10.3409/azc.53b_1-2.73-159Z. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Razowski, J. & V. Pelz (2006). "Gauruncus Razowski, 1988 and Galomecalpa Razowski, 1990 from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini)" (PDF). 34 (135). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia: 289–303. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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