Tortyra fulgens

Tortyra fulgens is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875 and is known from Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia.

Tortyra fulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Choreutidae
Genus:
Tortyra
Species:
T. fulgens
Binomial name
Tortyra fulgens
Synonyms
  • Choregia fulgens C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

The larvae bore in young twigs of Ficus species.

References
  1. "choreutidae.lifedesks.org". choreutidae.lifedesks.org. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
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