Biology:Moca rugosella
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Immidae |
| Genus: | Moca |
| Species: | M. rugosella
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| Binomial name | |
| Moca rugosella (Busck, 1914)
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Moca rugosella is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Guyana.[1]
The wingspan is 17 mm. The forewings are light ochreous brown, the costa yellowish with a small black dot at the basal third and a larger one on the middle. There is a subcostal, black, interrupted longitudinal streak edged dorsally by a yellow longitudinal line and an ill-defined group of black dots at the apical third of the costa and at the end of the cell. A series of black dots is found around the apical and terminal margin, edged with yellow. The hindwings are dark brown.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Securidica species.[2]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Moca rugosella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=121213.
- ↑ "New Microlepidoptera from British Guiana". Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13482017 entry
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