Ancylometis scaeocosma
| Ancylometis scaeocosma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Oecophoridae (disputed) |
| Subfamily: | Oecophorinae |
| Genus: | Ancylometis |
| Species: | A. scaeocosma |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancylometis scaeocosma Meyrick, 1887[1] | |
Ancylometis scaeocosma is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is known from La Réunion.
This species has a wingspan of 11mm for the male. Head and palpi are dark fuscous, antennae greyish-ochreous, thorax and abdomen greyish-ochreous, irrorated with dark fuscous. forewings are elongated and rather narrow with a gently arched costa; they are whithish-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]
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