Biology:Anacrusis yanayacana

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Short description: Species of moth

Anacrusis yanayacana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Anacrusis
Species:
A. yanayacana
Binomial name
Anacrusis yanayacana
Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2010

Anacrusis yanayacana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Napo Province, Ecuador.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is brownish cream, sprinkled and suffused with cinnamon brown and strigulated (finely streaked) brown. The costal area is dark brown to the middle and then paler and cinnamon in the distal third. The hindwings are brownish, in the distal half mixed with cream ferruginous.

Etymology

The species name refers to the name of the research station Yanayacu where the species was first found.[1]

References

  1. Razowski J. & J. Wojtusiak, 2010: Some Tortricidae from the East Cordillera in Ecuador reared from larvae in Yanayacu Biological Station in Ecuador (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Genus 21 (4): 585-603. Full article: [1].

Wikidata ☰ Q15641423 entry