Ptychocroca keelioides

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

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]

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
  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
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