Heppnerographa tricesimana

Heppnerographa tricesimana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Ecuador, Brazil, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.

Heppnerographa tricesimana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Heppnerographa
Species:
H. tricesimana
Binomial name
Heppnerographa tricesimana
(Zeller, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Conchylis tricesimana Zeller, 1877

Adults are variable in size with a wingspan of 18–23 mm. It also varies in coloration, from paler to darker. Some specimens have distinct subterminal suffusion in the forewings or pale markings varying from pale ocherous to ferruginous. The subterminal dots are mostly whitish and distinctly dark edged.[1]

References

  1. Razowski & Becker, 2000 (1999): A review of the New World Chlidanotini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). Revista brasileira de Zoologia 16 (4): 1149-1182 (1163). Full article: .



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