Gravitcornutia rhomboidea

Gravitcornutia rhomboidea is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in São Paulo, Brazil. It was first identified there in 1987.[2]

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.[2] This species is visually very similar to Gravitcornutia nigribasana.[2]

Etymology

This specie's 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: Archived 2022-03-31 at the Wayback Machine.


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