Apotoforma cydna

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Apotoforma cydna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Apotoforma
Species:
A. cydna
Binomial name
Apotoforma cydna

Apotoforma cydna is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Venezuela.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is pale brownish grey with an ash-grey hue and some fine brown-grey transverse strigulae along the costa and two reddish dots in the postbasal area. The costa is spotted grey with a row of black scales. The hindwings are greyish brown.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Razowski, J., 1993: Revision of Apotoforma BUSCK, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of four other Tortricini species. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 36 (1): 183-197.