Lyonetia probolactis
| Lyonetia probolactis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lyonetiidae |
| Genus: | Lyonetia |
| Species: | L. probolactis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lyonetia probolactis Meyrick, 1911 | |
Lyonetia probolactis is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from the Seychelles (Mahé & Silhouette).[1]
This species has a wingspan of 9-10mm - head, palpi, antennae & thorax are silvery with, crown smooth. Forwings are pale shiny silvery grey, an ochreow brown fascia about 2/3, triangularly expanded towards costa where it unites with an ochreous-brown apical patch, within which is a small round black apical spot, preceded by two small white costal marks partly in cilia. Cilia are pale grey[2]
References
- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (03.Aug.2014
- ↑ Meyrick, E. 1911d. Tortricina and Tineina. Results of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2)14(3):263–307. (on p.293)
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