Circapina flexalana

Circapina flexalana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Circapina
Species: C. flexalana
Binomial name
Circapina flexalana
Brown, 2003[1]

Circapina flexalana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found at altitudes of 1,000–1,400 metres (3,300–4,600 ft) on the western side of the central Cordillera of Costa Rica.

The length of the forewings is 4.9–6.6 millimetres (0.19–0.26 in) for males and 7 millimetres (0.28 in) for females. The ground colour of the forewings is white, sprinkled with brown and red-brown scales. Adults have been recorded on wing from February to December.

Etymology

The species name refers to the reflexed or curved distal portion of the aedeagus.[2]

References

  1. Tortricidae.com
  2. Brown, John W. (2003). "Three new genera, two new species, and some rectifications in Neotropical Euliini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". 105 (3). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington: 630–640.
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