Pedoptila nigrocristata

Pedoptila nigrocristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Himantopteridae
Genus:	Pedoptila
Species:	P. nigrocristata
Binomial name
	Pedoptila nigrocristata; Joicey & Talbot, 1921

Pedoptila nigrocristata is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1921.^[1] It is found in Zambia.^[2]

The length of the forewings is about 14 mm. The forewings have the upper discocellular as long as the middle one, more oblique than in other species and scarcely angled at vein 6. The basal yellow area is broader costally than in Pedoptila catori and its outer edge is concave. The hindwings are as in P. catori, but the tail is black and not fringed with whitish as in that species. The body and appendages are as in P. catori, but with the difference that the frons is black, the tarsi are black, and the anal tuft is blackish brown.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pedoptila nigrocristata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
^ Afro Moths
^ Bulletin of the Hill Museum 1 (1): 166

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pedoptila nigrocristata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Bulletin of the Hill Museum 1 (1): 166

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