Inga refuga

Inga refuga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Inga
Species:	I. refuga
Binomial name
	Inga refuga; (Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
	Machimia refuga Meyrick, 1916; Himmacia refuga;

Inga refuga is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916.^[1] It is found in French Guiana.^[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are white, slightly sprinkled with pale greyish-ochreous except towards the costa anteriorly, the terminal edge pale greyish-ochreous. The stigmata is small and black and there is a strongly curved series of minute scattered black specks from beneath the costa at three-fourth to above the dorsum at two-thirds. The hindwings are grey-whitish.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Himmacia refuga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
^ Inga at funet
^ Exot. Microlep. 1 (18): 549

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Himmacia refuga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.

[2] Inga at funet

[3] Exot. Microlep. 1 (18): 549

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