Euryeulia biocellata

Euryeulia biocellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Euryeulia
Species:	E. biocellata
Binomial name
	Euryeulia biocellata; (Walsingham, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
	Tortrix biocellata Walsingham, 1914; Eulia biocellata;

Euryeulia biocellata is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found at altitudes of 1,290 to 1,850 meters in the Sierra Madre Occidental of western Mexico. The habitat consists of pine-oak forests.

The length of the forewings is 5.9–7.2 mm for males and 8 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is grey, with transverse, grey-brown lines, bordered by pale yellow. Adults have been recorded on wing from August to September.[2]

References

tortricidae.com
Brown, John W., 2003: Three new genera, two new species, and some rectifications in Neotropical Euliini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 105 (3): 630–640.

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[1] tortricidae.com

[2] Brown, John W., 2003: Three new genera, two new species, and some rectifications in Neotropical Euliini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 105 (3): 630–640.