Eliachna digitana
Appearance
Eliachna digitana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Eliachna |
Species: | E. digitana
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Binomial name | |
Eliachna digitana Brown & McPherson, 2002[1]
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Eliachna digitana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Chile (Ñuble Province, Santiago, Maule Region)[2] to Argentina (Chubut Province). The habitat ranges from coastal Nothofagus forests to arid uplands.
The length of the forewings is 5.9–7 millimetres (0.23–0.28 in) for males and 6.5–7.6 millimetres (0.26–0.30 in) for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from October to April.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Tortricidae.com
- ^ Razowski, J.; V. Pelz (2010). "Tortricidae from Chile (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia. 38 (149): 5–55.
- ^ Brown, John W.; McPherson, Tsitsi Y. (2001). "Review of Revinea Razowski and Eliachna Razowski (Tortricidae: Euliili)-sister groups endemic to Chile and Argentina" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 55 (4): 129–139.