Punctapinella paraconchitis

Punctapinella paraconchitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Punctapinella
Species:	P. paraconchitis
Binomial name
	Punctapinella paraconchitis; Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2008[1]

Punctapinella paraconchitis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Ecuador in Sucumbíos and Zamora-Chinchipe provinces.[2]

The wingspan is 22 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is snow white with grey subterminal shades. The markings are grey with black marks. The hindwings are cream brown, tinged with ochreous on the periphery.

Etymology

The species name refers to similarity with Punctapinella conchitis plus the Latin prefix para (meaning near, close).[3]

gollark: To be fair, there are a bunch of complexities with that.

gollark: ↑ wrong person

gollark: https://twitter.com/9salbm/status/1464553465716387842?s=12

gollark: They wanted to design a moderately different incremental game, I suppose.

gollark: https://chabetto.github.io/therearenonumbers/

References

tortricidae.com
Razowski, Józef & Janusz Wojtusiak, 2009: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from the mountains of Ecuador and remarks on their geographical distribution. Part IV. Eastern Cordillera. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 51B (1-2): 119-187. doi:10.3409/azc.52b_1-2.119-187. Full article: .
Józef Razowski & Janusz Wojtusiak, 2008, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 51B (1-2): 7-41

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[1] tortricidae.com

[2] Razowski, Józef & Janusz Wojtusiak, 2009: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from the mountains of Ecuador and remarks on their geographical distribution. Part IV. Eastern Cordillera. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 51B (1-2): 119-187. doi:10.3409/azc.52b_1-2.119-187. Full article: .

[3] Józef Razowski & Janusz Wojtusiak, 2008, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 51B (1-2): 7-41