Biology:Leuronoma veterascens

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Short description: Species of moth

Leuronoma veterascens
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Leuronoma
Species:
L. veterascens
Binomial name
Leuronoma veterascens
Meyrick, 1918

Leuronoma veterascens is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa .[1][2]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are light brownish, irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous and some blackish scales. The stigmata are blackish, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There are obscure opposite spots of dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles) on the costa and dorsum just beyond the second discal. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed (June 3, 2018). "Leuronoma veterascens Meyrick, 1918". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/anomologinae/leuronoma/#veterascens. Retrieved September 6, 2020. 
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Leuronoma veterascens Meyrick, 1918". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/LEURVETE. Retrieved September 6, 2020. 
  3. Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6 (2): 16. https://journals.co.za/content/nfi_annalstm/6/2/AJA00411752_795.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13400375 entry