Pebobs isonoe

Pebobs isonoe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Pebobs
Species:	P. isonoe
Binomial name
Pebobs isonoe Koster, 2010

Pebobs isonoe is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil (Para) and Peru (Loreto).

Adults have been recorded in March and in August and September, indicating more than one generation.

Description

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Male, female. Forewing length 2.9-3.8 mm. Head: frons shining ochreous-white, vertex and neck tufts shining dark brown with reddish gloss, laterally narrowly lined white, collar shining dark brown; labial palpus first segment very short, white, second segment three-quarters of the length of third, dark brown with white longitudinal lines laterally and ventrally, third segment white, lined brown laterally, extreme apex white; scape dorsally shining dark brown with a white anterior line, ventrally shining white, antenna shining dark brown with a white line from base to two-thirds, distal part interrupted, followed towards apex by six white segments, two dark brown, two white, ten dark brown and seven white segments at apex. Thorax and tegulae shining dark brown with reddish gloss, thorax with a posterior white spot. Legs: shining dark brown, femora of midleg and hindleg shining ochreous-white, foreleg with a white line on tibia and tarsal segments, tibia of midleg with white oblique basal and medial lines and a white apical ring, tarsal segment one, two and four with white apical rings, segment five entirely white, tibia of hindleg with a very oblique white medial line and a white apical ring, tarsal segments with white longitudinal lines, spurs white dorsally, brown ventrally. Forewing shining dark brown with reddish gloss, five narrow white lines in the basal area, a first subcostal, from base to one-quarter, slightly bending from costa, a short second subcostal between first subcostal and the transverse fascia, a medial from base to one-third and just above fold, a short oblique subdorsal from one-quarter almost to the end of the second subdorsal, a dorsal from beyond base to one-quarter, a bright yellow transverse fascia beyond the middle, with a broad prolongation towards apex and with a long and narrow apical protrusion to the middle of the apical area, bordered at the inner edge by two tubercular pale golden metallic subcostal and subdorsal spots, the subcostal spot with a patch of blackish scales on the outside, the subdorsal spot further from base, bordered at the outer edge by two tubercular pale golden metallic costal and dorsal spots, the costal spot inwardly lined dark brown, the dorsal spot twice as large and more towards base than the costal, a white costal streak from the outer costal spot, a shining white apical line from the apical protrusion to apex, cilia dark brown at apex, paler towards dorsum. Hindwing shining dark brownish grey, darker in female, cilia dark brown. Underside: forewing shining greyish brown, the transverse fascia and the white apical line indistinctly visible, hindwing shining greyish brown. Abdomen dorsally dark brown with reddish gloss, ventrally shining dark grey, segments banded shining yellowish white posteriorly and with a broad shining yellowish white longitudinal streak, anal tuft dorsally and ventrally dark grey, laterally blackish.^[1]

Etymology

The species is named after Isonoe, a moon of Jupiter. To be treated as a noun in apposition.

References

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