Gravitcornutia nasifera

Gravitcornutia nasifera is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Gravitcornutia nasifera
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G. nasifera
Binomial name
Gravitcornutia nasifera
Razowski & Becker, 2010[1]

The wingspan is 13 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white with grey suffusions and some grey and blackish dots. The markings are black grey. The hindwings are brownish cream.

Etymology

The species name refers to the process of the aedeagus and is derived from Latin nasus (meaning nose) and ferro (meaning I carry).[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J. & V.O. Becker, 2010: Systematic and distributional data on Neotropical Euliini: Gravitcornutia Razowski & Becker (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Polish Journal of Entomology 79 (4): 411-432. Full article: .


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