Ptychocroca keelioides

Ptychocroca keelioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Ptychocroca
Species:	P. keelioides
Binomial name
	Ptychocroca keelioides; Brown & Razowski, 2003[1]

Ptychocroca keelioides is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Chile (Santiago Province and Valparaíso Region).[2]

Adults are variable, in most specimens the grey overscaling of the forewing diminishes the contrast between the dark basal area and the white or pale distal portion. They have a patch of beige-orange scaling on each side of the pouch that conceals the hindwing hair-pencil. Adults are on wing from October to February.

Etymology

The species name refers to the keel-like process of the aedeagus.[3]

References

tortricidae.com
Razowski, J. & V. Pelz 2010: Tortricidae from Chile (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 38 (149): 5-55.
Brown, John W. & Jozéf Razowski, 2003, Zootaxa 303: 1-31

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[1] tortricidae.com

[2] Razowski, J. & V. Pelz 2010: Tortricidae from Chile (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 38 (149): 5-55.

[3] Brown, John W. & Jozéf Razowski, 2003, Zootaxa 303: 1-31