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.
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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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.