Eugnosta dives

Eugnosta dives is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong), Japan and Russia.[2]

Eugnosta dives
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Eugnosta
Species:
E. dives
Binomial name
Eugnosta dives
(Butler, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Conchylis dives Butler, 1878
  • Safra metaphaeella Walker, 1863
  • Euxanthis simplicella Meyrick, in Caradja & Meyrick, 1935
  • Euxanthis dives ab. simpliciana Kennel, 1913

Adults are shining white, the forewings thinly and minutely black-speckled, pale luteous along most of the costa, and with an irregular pale luteous discal stripe. The hindwings are brown, with an aeneous tinge.[3]

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. A Brief Summary of Tribe Cochylini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)
  3. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 27: 195


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