''Tortrimosaica'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s belonging to the family
Tortricidae. It contains only one species, ''Tortrimosaica polypodivora'', which is found in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
The larvae are
gall
Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...
inducers on the stems of ''
Microgramma squamulosa
''Microgramma squamulosa'' is an epiphytic fern endemic to Brazil, known for its interaction with certain gall-inducing organisms, specifically a moth from the Gelechiidae family.
Morphology
Stem
The fern exhibits a creeping stem which is ...
''.
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References
External links
tortricidae.com
Hilarographini
Monotypic moth genera
Tortricidae genera
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