Scaeosopha tuberculata

Scaeosopha tuberculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Scaeosopha
Species: S. tuberculata
Binomial name
Scaeosopha tuberculata
Li et Zhang, 2012

Scaeosopha tuberculata is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in China.

The wingspan is about 17.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is yellow with dark spots and patches. The hindwings are dark yellowish-brown.

Etymology

The species name refers to the distal seventh of the valvella expanded to a tuberculum and is derived from Latin tuberculatus (meaning tuberculum).[1]

References

  1. Li, H.; Zhang, Z.; Sinev, S.Yu, 2012: Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species. Zootaxa, 3322: 1-34.
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