Biology:Tortyra cantharodes

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Short description: Species of moth

Tortyra cantharodes
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Tortyra
Species:
T. cantharodes
Binomial name
Tortyra cantharodes
Meyrick, 1922[1]

Tortyra cantharodes is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is known from Peru.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are metallic-green, with strong coppery-purple reflection and a slight black strigula from the costa near the base, as well as a narrow almost straight iridescent-blue-metallic fascia before the middle, edged on each side with blackish and then with a narrow even fascia of dark fuscous whitish-tipped scales, the posterior somewhat broader. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

  1. "choreutidae.lifedesks.org". choreutidae.lifedesks.org. http://choreutidae.lifedesks.org/pages/99. Retrieved 2011-12-19. 
  2. Exotic Microlep. 2: 484 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q7827389 entry