Biology:Bagdadia isosema

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Short description: Species of moth

Bagdadia isosema
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Bagdadia
Species:
B. isosema
Binomial name
Bagdadia isosema
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria isosema Meyrick, 1921
  • Hypatima isosema

Bagdadia isosema is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are grey, more or less speckled with whitish, with scattered dark fuscous scales and with a short fine black dash beneath the costa near the base, as well as two narrow semi-oval blackish almost adjacent blotches extending on the costa from about one-fifth to three-fifths, each followed by a raised tuft of scales that are whitish posteriorly. The stigmata are indicated by irregular angular spots outlined by scattered blackish scales and there is a curved-angulated subterminal series of suffused irregular dark fuscous spots, and a marginal series of cloudy spots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Hypatima isosema". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=102127. 
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Bagdadia isosema (Meyrick, 1921)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/HYPAISOS. Retrieved August 18, 2020. 
  3. Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 81. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q20685990 entry