Amorbia cacoa

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Amorbia cacoa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Amorbia
Species:
A. cacoa
Binomial name
Amorbia cacoa
Phillips & Polwell, 2007
Synonyms
  • Amorbia cocoa

Amorbia cacoa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Napo Province, Ecuador. [1] It is found at altitudes between 1,000 and 1,400 meters.

The length of the forewings is 10.4–12 mm for males and 12.8–16 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Erechtites hieracifolia , Inga species (including Inga longispica ), Xylosma chlorantha , Alfaroa guanacastensis , Beilschmiedia species, Ocotea species (including Ocotea veraguensis ), Licaria species, Cinnamomum brenesii , Rosa sinensis , Meliosma glabrata and Chrysochlamys glauca . Full-grown larvae reach a length of 25 mm. [2]

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References

  1. Razowski J. & J. Wojtusiak, 2010: Some Tortricidae from the East Cordillera in Ecuador reared from larvae in Yanayacu Biological Station in Ecuador (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Genus21 (4): 585-603. Full article: .
  2. Phillips-Rodríguez, E.; Powell, J.A. 2007: Phylogenetic relationships, systematics, and biology of the species of Amorbia Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini).