Thymosopha
Appearance
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Thymosopha | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
Genus: | Thymosopha Meyrick, 1914 |
Species: | T. antileuca
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Binomial name | |
Thymosopha antileuca Meyrick, 1914
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Thymosopha is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Thymosopha antileuca, which is found in South Africa.[1][2]
The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with slight purple gloss and a triangular white blotch on the dorsum before the middle, its apex almost touching the costa at one-fourth. There is a smaller triangular white blotch on the costa at three-fourths, reaching half across the wing. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ funet.fi
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 10 (8) : 245
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