Tinacrucis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Tortricoidea

Familia: Tortricidae
Subfamilia: Tortricinae
Tribus: Atteriini
Genus: Tinacrucis
Species: (6)
T. apertana – T. atopa – T. aquila – T. boyeri – T. noroesta – T. patulana – T. sebasta
Name

Tinacrucis Powell, 1986

Type species: Homona aquila Busck, 1914
References

Brown, J.W., 2005: World catalogue of insects volume 5 Tortricidae.
Powell, 1986, Pan-Pacif. Ent. 62: 386.
Powell, J.A., 2009: Tinacrucis noroesta, new species, North America's largest Tortrine moth (Tortricidae: Atteriini). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 63 (1): 27–30.
Razowski, J. & J. Wojtusiak, 2013: Accessions to the fauna of Neotropical Tortricidae (Lepidoptera). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 56 (1): 9–40. Full article: [1].

Links

Tortricid.net [2].

Tinacrucis is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.[1]

With marked sexual dimorphism. Found in Mexico and Central America, with one species reaching the mountains of Arizona.[2]

Species

Tinacrucis apertana (Walsingham, 1914)
Tinacrucis aquila (Busck, 1914)
Tinacrucis atopa Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2008
Tinacrucis noroesta Powell, 2009
Tinacrucis patulana (Walker, 1863)
Tinacrucis sebasta (Walsingham, 1914)