Biology:Scythris sacharissa

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Scythris sacharissa is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa .[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are rather dark grey with a broad rosy-ochreous-whitish median longitudinal streak from the base to the termen, emitting a fine line beneath from beyond its middle. The veins on the costal area above this are marked by fine rosy-ochreous-whitish lines and there are similar indistinct dorsal and subdorsal lines, confluent towards the base, but becoming obsolete posteriorly. The hindwings are rather dark grey, darker posteriorly.[2]

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3 (4): 313 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:

Wikidata ☰ Q14325968 entry