Biology:Scythris aquaria

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Short description: Species of moth

Scythris aquaria
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Scythris
Species:
S. aquaria
Binomial name
Scythris aquaria
Meyrick, 1913

Scythris aquaria is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa (Gauteng, Mpumalanga), Namibia and Mozambique.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a suffused white streak along the costa from one-fourth to the apex, with short suffused lines on the veins running into it. There is a strong white median streak from the base to beyond the middle, where it divides into several branches along the veins, and very faintly split along the fold. Suffused white sub-dorsal and dorsal lines run from the base to the tornus. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3 (4): 313 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q14325462 entry