Tortrix

Not to be confused with the corn chips of the same name, popular in Guatemala.

Tortrix is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae.^[2][3]

Tortrix
Tortrix viridana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Tribe:	Tortricini
Genus:	Tortrix Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Heterognomon Lederer, 1859[1]

Species

• Tortrix sinapina (Butler, 1879)
• Tortrix viridana Linnaeus, 1758

Species formally assigned to Tortrix

Several fossil species were formerly assigned to the genus, but have subsequently been transferred to other genera.^[4]

• †Tortrix? destructus (now Paleolepidopterites destructus)^[4]
• †Tortrix? florissantana (now Paleolepidopterites florissantana)^[4]

See also

• List of Tortricidae genera