Biology:Apostibes mesopora

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Short description: Species of moth

Apostibes mesopora
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Apostibes
Species:
A. mesopora
Binomial name
Apostibes mesopora
Walsingham, 1914

Apostibes mesopora is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1914. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero).[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy fuscous, with a whitish cinereous line running from the middle of the base to the end of the cell, and then, less conspicuously, to the apex and through the bronzy apical cilia. The hindwings are dark purplish fuscous.[2]

References

  1. Apostibes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 322 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q28431818 entry