Argyrotaenia subcordillerae explained

Argyrotaenia subcordillerae is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Ecuador in the provinces of Carchi and Pastaza.[1]

The wingspan is 18.5–21 mm.

Etymology

The species name refers to the similarity with Argyrotaenia cordillerae plus Latin sub (meaning near, close).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Razowski . Józef . Becker . Vitor O. . Systematic and distributional data on Neotropical Archipini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) . Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia - Series B: Invertebrata . 2010 . 53 . 1 . 9–38 . 10.3409/azc.53b_1-2.09-38.
  2. Razowski . J. . Wojtusiak . J. . Tortricidae from the Mountains of Ecuador. Part III: Western Cordillera (Insecta: Lepidoptera) . Genus . 2008 . 19 . 3 . 497–575 . 0867-1710. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131015140846/http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/Razowski_Tortricidae%20Cordillera.pdf . 2013-10-15.