Khoisa panaula

Khoisa panaula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Khoisa
Species: K. panaula
Binomial name
Khoisa panaula
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia panaula Meyrick, 1909
  • Gelechia eusebasta Meyrick, 1926

Khoisa panaula is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1909. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous tinged with yellowish and mixed with pale ochreous-brownish. The costa, dorsum, and all veins are marked by fine white lines and there is some whitish subdorsal suffusion. The discal stigmata are small and blackish, with the plical represented by a very fine black linear mark obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are whitish.[3]

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.