Ceromitia benedicta
| Ceromitia benedicta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Adelidae |
| Genus: | Ceromitia |
| Species: | C. benedicta |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceromitia benedicta | |
Ceromitia benedicta is a species of moth of the family Adelidae.[1] It was first described in 1918 by Edward Meyrick and is known from South Africa.[1]
Description
[edit]The species was described from a single male specimen caught in Pretoria in December. Edward Meyrick gave the specimen's appearance as follows:[2]
Head yellow-ochreous. Palpi very short, loosely scaled, grey-whitish. Thorax pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa anteriorly slightly, posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; all veins separate; pale greyish-ochreous; costal edge dark grey towards base: cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings with 5 and 6 approximated at base; grey; cilia whitish-grey
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2011–2021). "Ceromitia benedicta | AfroMoths". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 47. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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