Gravitcornutia rhomboidea

Gravitcornutia rhomboidea is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in São Paulo, Brazil.

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

The wingspan is 13 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white sprinkled and suffused with brownish. The markings are black brown. The hindwings are cream, but brownish on the periphery.

Etymology

The species name refers to the shape of the sterigma lobes and is derived from Latin rhombus (meaning rhomb).[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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