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Eliachna digitana

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Eliachna digitana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Eliachna
Species:
E. digitana
Binomial name
Eliachna digitana
Brown & McPherson, 2002[1]

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

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  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.; 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.