Scorpiopsis exanthistis
| Scorpiopsis exanthistis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Scorpiopsis |
| Species: | S. exanthistis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scorpiopsis exanthistis Meyrick, 1930 | |
Scorpiopsis exanthistis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930. It is found in New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are pale yellow, reticulated throughout orange-red and with a fuscous costal streak from the base to the middle, the costal edge of this blackish with a white mark before the middle. There is a spot of fuscous suffusion on the end of the cell, where a vague streak of suffusion runs to a fuscous mark on the costa at three-fourths. There is also a fuscous terminal streak, including some yellowish dots. The hindwings are pale yellowish.[2]
References
- ↑ Scorpiopsis at funet.fi.
- ↑ Exot. Microlep. 3 (18-20): 619
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