Henricus bleptus

Henricus bleptus is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Ecuador (Pichincha Province, Carchi Province).[2]

Henricus bleptus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Henricus
Species:
H. bleptus
Binomial name
Henricus bleptus
Razowski & Becker, 2007[1]

The wingspan is about 18.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white, preserved in the posterior half of the wing, with some greyish suffusions. The colour becomes blackish in the dorsal third. The remaining area of the basal half of the wing is blackish grey with black, partially confluent strigulae (fine streaks) and spots. The hindwings are whitish, slightly mixed with grey and with sparse, diffuse broad strigulae.

Etymology

The species name refers to the facies of the species and is derived from Greek bleptos (meaning worth seeing).[3]

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Razowski, Józef & Janusz Wojtusiak, 2008: Tortricidae from the mountains of Ecuador. Part III. Western Cordillera (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Genus 19 (3): 497-575. Full article: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Józef Razowski & Vitor O. Becker, 2007, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 50B (2): 91-128 Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
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