Schizovalva mesacta

Schizovalva mesacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Schizovalva
Species: S. mesacta
Binomial name
Schizovalva mesacta
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia mesacta Meyrick, 1913

Schizovalva mesacta is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1909. It is found in South Africa (Gauteng).[1][2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, suffused with reddish-brown towards the dorsum and a short streak of blackish suffusion on the base of the dorsum and a blackish streak along the fold from near the base to beyond one-third. The discal stigmata are rather approximated, blackish and connected by red brownish suffusion, beneath which adjacent to each is an additional less defined group of blackish scales. There is a narrow undefined slightly angulated red-brownish fascia about three-fourths. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

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