Khoisa epicentra

Khoisa epicentra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Khoisa
Species:	K. epicentra
Binomial name
	Khoisa epicentra; (Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
	Gelechia epicentra Meyrick, 1909;

Khoisa epicentra is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light yellow ochreous irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and with a small fuscous spot in the disc at one-sixth. The stigmata are black, with the plical obliquely before the first discal, beyond which is an additional black dot in the middle of the disc, these three connected by a patch of fuscous suffusion, the second discal less defined, preceded by an additional undefined dark fuscous dot obliquely above it. There is a transverse patch of fuscous suffusion from the costa at two-thirds, reaching halfway across the wing and a series of blackish-fuscous dots around the posterior third of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2015). "Khoisa epicentra (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Khoisa epicentra (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
Annals of the South African Museum. 5 (7): 370.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2015). "Khoisa epicentra (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Khoisa epicentra (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

[3] Annals of the South African Museum. 5 (7): 370.