Amorbimorpha mackayiana

Amorbimorpha mackayiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Amorbimorpha
Species:
A. mackayiana
Binomial name
Amorbimorpha mackayiana
Kruse, 2012[1]

Amorbimorpha mackayiana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States in western Texas and possibly northern Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 9.7–12.8 mm for males and 11.8–13.4 mm for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from late March to early June and again in mid-September, probably in two or more generations per year.

Etymology

The species is names in honor of Margaret MacKay, a tortricid systematist and collector of the first known specimens of the species.[2]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Amorbimorpha mackayiana.
  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ Kruse, J.J. 2012: Description of Amorbimorpha Kruse, new genus, from Mexico and the southern United States (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini). Zootaxa, 3177: 33–42. Preview


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