Moca radiata
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Moca radiata (Walsingham, 1897)
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Moca radiata is a moth in the Immidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon.[1][2][3]
The wingspan is 17-18 mm. The forewings are dark olive-grey, with orange-ochreous lines marking the interspaces between the veins, the extreme base of the costa narrowly orange-ochreous. A distinct orange-ochreous line, commencing near the base beneath the costa, follows the upper edge of the cell to the middle of the wing-length, this is followed by some spots of the same colour about the upper angle of the cell, diverging obliquely downwards and nearly joining the outer end of a median streak of the same colour, which terminates in the direction of the base at half the length of the cell. There is also a line of the same colour along the fold and some suffusion of orange-ochreous scales beneath it. Beyond the end of the cell a series of 9 or 10 separate orange-ochreous lines diverge fan-like between the veins, and are margined, at their outer ends, by a distinct semicircle of the olive-grey ground-colour, which is followed by an orange-ochreous space, also semicircular, but not attaining the margins, the apical space being dark olive-grey. The hindwings are brown.[4]
References
- ^ Imma at funet.fi.
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Moca radiata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1897 (1): 46