Homoeoprepes sympatrica

Homoeoprepes sympatrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Homoeoprepes
Species:	H. sympatrica
Binomial name
	Homoeoprepes sympatrica; Clarke, 1962
Synonyms
	Mompha sympatrica Clarke, 1962;

Homoeoprepes sympatrica is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Clarke in 1962.^[1] It is found in Colombia.^[2]

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are fuscous, overlaid by rust red. At the base of the fold with a small black spot and a similar spot at the basal fifth on the fold. Similar black spots of raised scales are found at two-fifths, in the cell and at the end of the cell. These spots are surrounded by red and ochreous scales. The hindwings are shining greyish, paler basally.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mompha sympatrica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
^ Homoeoprepes at funet
^ Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 113 (3457) (I): 381

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mompha sympatrica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[2] Homoeoprepes at funet

[3] Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 113 (3457) (I): 381

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