Scythris latebrosa

Scythris latebrosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Scythris
Species:
S. latebrosa
Binomial name
Scythris latebrosa
Meyrick, 1913

Scythris latebrosa is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa.[1]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are dark greyish bronze. The submedian fold is irregularly strewn with obscure grey-whitish scales, with indistinct small cloudy dark fuscous spots before the middle of the wing and midway between this and the base. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

  1. ^ Afro Moths
  2. ^ Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3 (4): 314 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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