Tortrimosaica is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae. It contains only one species, Tortrimosaica polypodivora, which is found in Brazil.
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Genus: | Tortrimosaica Brown & Baixeras, 2004
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Species: | T. polypodivora
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Tortrimosaica polypodivora Brown & Baixeras in Brown, Baixeras, Solorzano-Filho & Kraus, 2004
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The larvae are gall inducers on the stems of Microgramma squamulosa.[1]
References
edit- ^ Brown, John W.; Joaquin Baixeras; Jorge A. Solórzano-Filho & Jane E. Kraus, 2004, Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 97 (5): 865-871.
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