Biology:Semioptila torta
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Semioptila torta Butler, 1877
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Semioptila torta is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa , Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]
The wingspan is about 24 mm. The wings are transparent and sparsely scaled, the basal half with rust-reddish or reddish-orange scales, the outer or terminal half with brown scales. The hindwings have an oval orange spot beyond the cell. The body is pitchy brown, the abdomen with cupreous-brown scales. The vertex of the head and collar are orange and the undersurface is pale brown, with a few orange hairs on the pectus.[3]
Subspecies
- Semioptila torta torta
- Semioptila torta maschuna Rothschild, 1907 (Zimbabwe)
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Semioptila torta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=78572.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Butler A. G. 1887. Description of a new genus of Chalcosiid moths allied to Pedoptila. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)20:180–181.
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