Biology:Symmoca calidella

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of insect


Symmoca calidella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Symmoca
Species:
S. calidella
Binomial name
Symmoca calidella
Walsingham, 1905

Symmoca calidella is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1905. It is found in Algeria.[1]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are dull white, minutely sprinkled and sparsely spotted with pale brownish fuscous. The ill-defined spots are formed by aggregation of the otherwise scattered pale fuscous scales and are, first a small streak at the base of the costa, reduplicated below and beyond, secondly a subcostal spot at one-third, then a spot at the end of the cell, preceded by one a little beyond the middle of the fold, with another, subcostal, a little before the apex. There are one or two marginal dots before the dirty white cilia which are also slightly dusted. The hindwings are brownish grey.[2]

References

  1. funet
  2. Ent. mon. Mag. 41 : 37 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q14428178 entry