Schizovalva ophitis
Appearance
Schizovalva ophitis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Schizovalva |
Species: | S. ophitis
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Binomial name | |
Schizovalva ophitis (Meyrick, 1913)
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Schizovalva ophitis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are fuscous, with a few scattered black scales and with some ochreous-whitish suffusion towards the median third of the dorsum. There is a thick black median longitudinal streak from the base to two-thirds, lower edge suffused, upper sharply marked, forming two deep sinuations filled with ochreous-whitish before and beyond the middle and a triangular prominence between these. There is a short suffused blackish apical the streak, and one less marked beneath it, surrounded with a purplish tinge. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]
References
- ^ funet.fi
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 291 Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine