Homoeoprepes sympatrica

Homoeoprepes sympatrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Homoeoprepes
Species: H. sympatrica
Binomial name
Homoeoprepes sympatrica
Clarke, 1962

Homoeoprepes sympatrica is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Clarke in 1962.[1] It is found in Colombia.[2]

The wingspan is 18-19 mm. The forewings are fuscous, overlaid by rust red. At the base of the fold with a small black spot and a similar spot at the basal fifth on the fold. Similar black spots of raised scales are found at two-fifths, in the cell and at the end of the cell. These spots are surrounded by red and ochreous scales. The hindwings are shining greyish, paler basally.[3]

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