Cosmopterix macroglossa
| Cosmopterix macroglossa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Cosmopterix |
| Species: | C. macroglossa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cosmopterix macroglossa Meyrick, 1913 | |
Cosmopterix macroglossa is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.[1]
The wingspan is 14-15 mm. The forewings are bronzy-ochreous with a fine white costal streak from the base to the band and with the costal edge dark fuscous from the base to one-third of the wing. There is a slender white median streak reaching from the base to the band and a white subdorsal line from one-fourth to the band, converging to the apex of the median streak. The dorsal edge is white from the base to the band and there is a narrow pale ochreous-yellow median band, the anterior edge marked with two pale golden-metallic spots, the upper followed by a black dot and then by a fuscous mark interrupting the band, the posterior edge suffusedly margined with silvery followed by pale yellow, where a white streak (at first rather broad but soon becoming narrower) runs along the termen to the apex. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]
References
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 306 Archived March 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.