Biology:Moca albodiscata
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Immidae |
| Genus: | Moca |
| Species: | M. albodiscata
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| Binomial name | |
| Moca albodiscata (Walker, 1863)
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Moca albodiscata is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Tefé, Brazil.[1]
Adults are blackish brown, silvery white beneath. The thorax has a testaceous stripe on each side. The forewings have a whitish-testaceous tinged and slightly hyaline disk and there is a cinereous diffuse and interrupted submarginal band. The marginal points are black and the costa is mostly cinereous.[2]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Moca albodiscata (Walker, 1863)". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/immoidea/immidae/moca/#albodiscata. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 27: 114
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Wikidata ☰ Q13482053 entry
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