Ancylometis scaeocosma
Ancylometis scaeocosma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
Family: | Oecophoridae (disputed) |
Subfamily: | Oecophorinae |
Genus: | Ancylometis |
Species: | A. scaeocosma |
Binomial name | |
Ancylometis scaeocosma Meyrick, 1887[1] | |
Ancylometis scaeocosma is a species of moths in the Oecophoridae family. It is known from La Réunion.
This species has a wingspan of 11mm for the male. Head and palpi are dark fuscous, antennae greyish-ochreous, thorax and abdomen greyish-ochreous, irrorated with dark fuscous. forewings are elongated and rather narrow with a gently arched costa; they are whithish-ochreous, irrorated with dark fuscous, tinged with yellowish round dark markings, and a small dark fuscous basal patch. The hindwings are grey, paler and semi-transparent towards their base.[2]