Apotoforma cydna

Apotoforma cydna is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Venezuela.

Apotoforma cydna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Apotoforma
Species:
A. cydna
Binomial name
Apotoforma cydna

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is pale brownish grey with an ash-grey hue and some fine brown-grey transverse strigulae along the costa and two reddish dots in the postbasal area. The costa is spotted grey with a row of black scales. The hindwings are greyish brown.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J., 1993: Revision of Apotoforma BUSCK, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of four other Tortricini species. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 36 (1): 183-197.


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