Scieropepla obfuscata
| Scieropepla obfuscata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Scieropepla |
| Species: | S. obfuscata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scieropepla obfuscata (Meyrick, 1921) | |
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Scieropepla obfuscata is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Queensland, Australia.[1]
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are purplish-fuscous, obscurely speckled ochreous-whitish. The stigmata is large, dark fuscous, accompanied with two or three whitish scales on the sides and with the plical slightly before the first discal, an additional cloudy spot is located midway between the first discal and the base and there is an obscure pale obtusely angulated subterminal line, indented above the middle. The hindwings are grey, lighter and bluish-tinged in the disc.[2]
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