Scoliographa argospila
| Scoliographa argospila | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Scoliographa Meyrick, 1916 |
| Species: | S. argospila |
| Binomial name | |
| Scoliographa argospila Meyrick, 1916 | |
Scoliographa argospila is a moth in the Depressariidae family, and the only species in the genus Scoliographa. It was described by Meyrick in 1916 and is found in Guyana.[1]
The wingspan is 18-19 mm. The forewings are pale brownish with the basal fourth of the costa dark fuscous and with a broad irregular streak of dark brown suffusion along the submedian fold throughout. There is a dark fuscous dot in the disc above the middle and there are several snow-white markings edged with scattered black scales: a dot representing the first discal stigma, a minute dot on the fold beneath this, an irregularly angulated mark above the dorsum at one-third, a somewhat Z-shaped mark of which the upper extremity is almost separated and represents the second discal stigma, its lower angle projecting anteriorly on the fold, and a small round spot above the dorsum before the tornus. There is a very indefinite fascia of dark brown suffusion from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus and a marginal series of blackish marks around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous.[2]
References
- ↑ Scoliographa argospila at funet.fi.
- ↑ Exot. Microlep. 1 (18): 554