Scythris lobella

Scythris lobella is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It was described by K. Nupponen in 2013. It is found in southern Spain. The habitat consists of xerotermic slopes with sparse vegetation.

The wingspan is 7.5-8.5 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, basally mixed with grey, the apical area slightly darker. There is a rather large but irregular dirty white patch the at tornus, and a subapical fascia of the same colour. There are also sparse dirty white scales in the fold, on the costa at 0.6 and apically. There are indistinct black spots in the fold at 0.25, 0.4 and 0.7. The hindwings are fuscous.

Etymology

The species name refers to the lateral lobes of tegumen in the male genitalia and is derived from Latin lobus (meaning lobe).^[1]

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