Tiquadra semiglobata
Appearance
Tiquadra semiglobata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Tiquadra |
Species: | T. semiglobata
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Binomial name | |
Tiquadra semiglobata Meyrick, 1922
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Tiquadra semiglobata is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from Peru.
This species has a wingspan of about 18 mm.[1] The forewings are white with six small spots of dark grey irroration (sprinkling) on the costa and some small faint greyish spots or dots in the disc. There is a hemispherical grey blotch somewhat mixed white extending on the dorsum from near the base to the middle and reaching more than half across the wing. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Gates-Clarke. The types of Micro-Lepidoptera described by E. Meyrick, Vol.8- Pl.53
- ^ Exotic Microlep. 2: 599 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.