Gorytvesica sychnopina

Gorytvesica sychnopina is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Ecuador in the provinces of Napo, Tungurahua and Morona-Santiago.

Gorytvesica sychnopina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Gorytvesica
Species:
G. sychnopina
Binomial name
Gorytvesica sychnopina
Razowski & Pelz, 2005[1]

The wingspan is 16–18 mm for males and 19–20 mm for females. The forewings are rusty, strigulated (finely streaked) with brown and suffused with dark brown near two white lines. The hindwings are creamy grey, strigulated with brownish grey.

Etymology

The species name refers to the great number of cornuti and is derived from Greek sychnos (meaning plentiful) and Latin spina (meaning spine).[2]

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, J. & Pelz, V., 2005: New species of Gorytvesica Razowski, 1997 and Transtillaspis Razowski, 1987 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini) from Ecuador. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 48B (1-2): 57-94. Full article: Archived 2006-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
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