Argyrotaenia ponera

Argyrotaenia ponera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Argyrotaenia
Species: A. ponera
Binomial name
Argyrotaenia ponera
(Walsingham, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix ponera Walsingham, 1914

Argyrotaenia ponera is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Puebla, Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm. The forewings are light brown with a silver-white dot and a darker brownish copper longitudinal streak immediately above a white longitudinal streak. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Brown, John W. & A. Cramer, 1999: Five new species of Arctrotaenia (Tortricidae: Arciiipini) from Mexico and the southwestern United States. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 53 (3): 114-125. Full article: .
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