Insecta - Lepidoptera - Tortricidae

Alternative combination: Tortrix destructus

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1916. Some American fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 51:89-106

Belongs to Tortricites according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012

Sister taxon: Tortricites florissantanus

Type specimen: USNM 61998, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Wilson coll), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

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Average measurements (in mm): body length 8.30, forewing length 8.30