The length of the forewings is about 9 mm. The forewings are cream with dark-brown markings and a few orange-brown scales. The hindwings are greyish brown with a pattern of fine darker brown lines.
Etymologyedit
The species name refers to the high altitude collecting site and is derived from Latin alta (meaning high).[2]
sparganothina, alta, species, moth, family, tortricidae, found, durango, mexico, scientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterafamily, tortricidaegenus, sparganothinaspecies, altabinomial, namelandry, landry, powe. Sparganothina alta is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae It is found in Durango Mexico Sparganothina altaScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily TortricidaeGenus SparganothinaSpecies S altaBinomial nameSparganothina altaLandry in Landry amp Powell 2001 1 The length of the forewings is about 9 mm The forewings are cream with dark brown markings and a few orange brown scales The hindwings are greyish brown with a pattern of fine darker brown lines Etymology editThe species name refers to the high altitude collecting site and is derived from Latin alta meaning high 2 References edit tortricidae com Systematics and phylogeny of Sparganothina and related taxa nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Sparganothina alta nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sparganothina alta This Sparganothini related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sparganothina alta amp oldid 999050922, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
