''Bidorpitia columna'' is a species of
moth of the family
Tortricidae. It is found in
Loja Province
Loja Province () is one of 24 provinces in Ecuador and shares its southern border on the west with El Oro Province, on the north with El Azuay, and on the east with Zamora-Chinchipe. Founded on its present site in 1548 by Captain Alonso de Mer ...
,
Ecuador.
The
wingspan is about 14 mm for males and 27 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is pale ferruginous to the middle and dark brownish ferruginous in the posterior are, with refractive suffusions and rust-brown strigulation (fine streaks). The markings are brown with a rust admixture. The hindwings are cream tinged with orange in the terminal third.
Etymology
The species name refers to shape of the uncus and is derived from Latin ''columna'' (meaning column).
[, 2008: Eight new species of the genera ''Vulpoxena'' , ''Cuproxena'' and ''Bidorpitia'' of the ''Chrysoxena'' group of genera from Ecuador. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). ''Genus'' 19 (1): 113-123. Full article]
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References
Moths described in 2008
Euliini
Moths of South America
Taxa named by Józef Razowski
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