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Tortricid Moth

Description:

Brown moth with a darker brown pattern on the upper wings. About 1 cm in length. Family Tortricidae.

Habitat:

Garden lights, semi-rural residential area, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, 2,200 meters.

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2 Comments

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 5 years ago

Hi Mark, yes, very strange. Maybe it wants to look like a bump on a tree or a leaf gall. I found it on the top of a leaf.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 5 years ago

What a strange shape it makes.

LaurenZarate
Spotted by
LaurenZarate

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Jul 27, 2018
Submitted on Jul 28, 2018

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