Ancylometis scaeocosma
| Ancylometis scaeocosma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Ancylometis |
| Species: | A. scaeocosma
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancylometis scaeocosma Meyrick, 1887
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Ancylometis scaeocosma is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is known from Réunion.[1]
This species has a wingspan of 11 mm for the male. The head and palpi are dark fuscous, antennae greyish-ochreous, thorax and abdomen greyish-ochreous, irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous. The forewings are elongated and rather narrow with a gently arched costa; they are whitish-ochreous, irrorated with dark fuscous, tinged with yellowish round dark markings, and a small dark fuscous basal patch. The hindwings are grey, paler and semi-transparent towards their base.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Ancylometis scaeocosma Meyrick, 1887". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1887). "Descriptions of some exotic Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions of the entomological Society of London. 1887 (2): 277.