Moca nipharcha
Moca nipharcha is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Brazil.[1]
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The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish, a cloud of whitish suffusion beyond the middle on the costal half, leaving a dark transverse mark on the end of the cell, the posterior fourth without irroration except subcostal and submedian spots near the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Moca nipharcha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4: 1801.
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