Ancylometis scaeocosma

Ancylometis scaeocosma is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is known from RĂ©union.[1]

Ancylometis scaeocosma
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Oecophoridae (disputed)
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A. scaeocosma
Binomial name
Ancylometis scaeocosma
Meyrick, 1887

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

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Ancylometis scaeocosma Meyrick, 1887". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1887). "Descriptions of some exotic Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions of the entomological Society of London. 1887 (2): 277.
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