Bonagota piosana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae which is endemic to Venezuela.
Bonagota piosana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Bonagota |
Species: | B. piosana
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Binomial name | |
Bonagota piosana |
The wingspan is 16 millimetres (0.63 in). The ground colour of the forewings is cream, tinged pale yellowish brown, darker in the distal half, strigulated and partly suffused with brownish. The hindwings are cream, but whiter at the base and more brownish yellow on the periphery.
Etymology
editThe species name refers to the type-locality, Quebrada de los Píos.[2]
References
edit- ^ Tortricidae.com
- ^ Razowski, J. & Wojtusiak, J. (2006). "Tortricidae from Venezuela (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". 34 (133). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia: 35–79.
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External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Bonagota piosana.
- Data related to Bonagota piosana at Wikispecies