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

  1. "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  2. Inga at funet
  3. Exot. Microlep. 1 (18): 549