Tisis mesozosta

Tisis mesozosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Tisis
Species: T. mesozosta
Binomial name
Tisis mesozosta
Meyrick, 1914[1]

Tisis mesozosta is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It is found in Taiwan and Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hainan and Yunnan provinces of China.[2]

The wingspan is 19–21 mm. Adults are easily separable from other species of the Tisis genus by the characteristic marking on the forewings.

References

  1. ↑ TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
  2. ↑ Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) of Taiwan (II): Subfamily Lecithocerinae: Genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer and Its Allies


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