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Amorbia cacoa

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Amorbia cacoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Amorbia
Species:
A. cacoa
Binomial name
Amorbia cacoa
Phillips & Polwell, 2007
Synonyms
  • Amorbia cocoa

Amorbia cacoa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Napo Province, Ecuador.[1] It is found at altitudes between 1,000 and 1,400 meters.

The length of the forewings is 10.4–12 mm for males and 12.8–16 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Erechtites hieracifolia, Inga species (including Inga longispica), Xylosma chlorantha, Alfaroa guanacastensis, Beilschmiedia species, Ocotea species (including Ocotea veraguensis), Licaria species, Cinnamomum brenesii, Rosa sinensis, Meliosma glabrata and Chrysochlamys glauca. Full-grown larvae reach a length of 25 mm.[2]

References

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  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].
  2. ^ Phillips-Rodríguez, E.; Powell, J.A. 2007: Phylogenetic relationships, systematics, and biology of the species of Amorbia Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini).