Biology:Alloclita xylodesma
| Alloclita xylodesma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Alloclita |
| Species: | A. xylodesma
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| Binomial name | |
| Alloclita xylodesma Meyrick, 1911[1]
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Alloclita xylodesma is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa .[2]
The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are dark fuscous, faintly purplish tinged. There is a moderately broad ochreous-white transverse fascia before one-third, partially edged with black and then with brown suffusion, the posterior edge angulated below the middle, the black marginal dots above and below this indicating the stigmata. A triangular ochreous-white spot is found on the costa at two-thirds, and an ochreous-white dot on the tornus, connected by a narrow brown fascia in which is a small black spot representing the second discal stigma. There is also an ochreous-white apical dot. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. "Alloclita xylodesma Meyrick, 1911". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/cosmopterigidae/antequerinae/alloclita/#xylodesma.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Alloclita xylodesma Meyrick, 1911". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ALLOXYLO. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ↑ Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (1): 72.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13259857 entry
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