Scaeosopha dentivalvula
| Scaeosopha dentivalvula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Scaeosopha |
| Species: | S. dentivalvula
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| Binomial name | |
| Scaeosopha dentivalvula Li et Zhang, 2012
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Scaeosopha dentivalvula is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Sulawesi.
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is whitish-yellow, overlaid with brown and black spots circled by yellow as well as with short brown streaks along the veins. The hindwings are deep yellowish-brown.
Etymology
The species name refers to the toothlike ventroapical process on the valva and is derived from the Latin prefix denti- (meaning tooth) and valvulus (meaning valvule).[1]
References
- ^ 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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