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Ptychocroca nigropenicillia

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Ptychocroca nigropenicillia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Ptychocroca
Species:
P. nigropenicillia
Binomial name
Ptychocroca nigropenicillia
Brown & Razowski, 2003[1]

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

Etymology[edit]

The species name refers to the black scaling surrounding the hindwing hair-pencil.[3]

References[edit]

  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 [1]