Hynhamia ochroleuca

Hynhamia ochroleuca is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Hynhamia ochroleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Hynhamia
Species:
H. ochroleuca
Binomial name
Hynhamia ochroleuca
Razowski & Brown, 2004[1]

The length of the forewings is 11.5–13 mm for males and 11.5–15 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is yellowish cream, with small irregular patches of darker yellow, densely sprinkled with ochreous brown and sparsely dotted with black. The hindwings are cream, tinged pale brownish on the periphery and strigulated (finely streaked) with blackish grey.

The species was reared from a pupa found on the bark of Quercus oleodies.

Etymology

The species name refers to the pale ochreous colour or the forewings.[2]

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References
  1. tortricidae.com.
  2. Razowski, Józef & John W. Brown, 2004, SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 32 (128): 321-337. Full article:


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