Apatema mediopallidum

Apatema mediopallidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Symmocidae
Genus: Apatema
Species: A. mediopallidum
Binomial name
Apatema mediopallidum
Walsingham, 1900
Synonyms
  • Oegoconia bifasciatum Chrétien, 1922
  • Apatema melitensis Amsel, 1952
  • Oegoconia minor Rebel, 1916
  • Oegoconia phanerodoxa Meyrick, 1926
  • Oegoconia proteroclina Meyrick, 1939

Apatema mediopallidum is a moth of the Symmocidae family. It is found on Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Crete, Cyprus and in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Albania, the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Turkey and on the Canary Islands.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are very pale ochreous, mottled and shaded with fuscous. The hindwings are shining pale grey.[2]

References

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