Sisurcana sanguinoventer

Sisurcana sanguinoventer is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Napo Province, Ecuador.

Sisurcana sanguinoventer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Sisurcana
Species:
S. sanguinoventer
Binomial name
Sisurcana sanguinoventer

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is brown grey, tinged with blackish in the terminal area and the dorsum. The ground colour is paler and more ferruginous brown subterminally. The hindwings are brown, slightly tinged ferruginous posteriorly.

Etymology

The species name refers to the colouration of the ventral site of the abdomen and is derived from Latin sanguis (meaning blood) and venter (meaning stomach).[1]

References
  1. Razowski J. & J. Wojtusiak, 2010: Some Tortricidae from the East Cordillera in Ecuador reared from larvae in Yanayacu Biological Station in Ecuador (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Genus 21 (4): 585-603. Full article: .


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