Thylacosceles acridomima

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Thylacosceles acridomima
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Female
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Male
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Stathmopodidae
Genus: Thylacosceles
Species:
T. acridomima
Binomial name
Thylacosceles acridomima

Thylacosceles acridomima is a moth of the family Stathmopodidae.[2][1] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.[3][4]

Description

♂. 11mm. Head and palpi light yellowish-ochreous. Antennae whitish-fuscous, base yellowish. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey. Anterior legs dark fuscous ; middle legs ochreous-yellowish ; posterior legs ochreous- whitish, tibiae with a black apical ring, and tuft of posterior half dark grey. Forewings elongate, very narrow, broadest near base, long-pointed ; fuscous, somewhat unevenly shaded, but without markings : cilia light fuscous. Hindwings fuscous-grey ; cilia light fuscous.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Thylacosceles acridomima Meyrick, 1889". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
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