Alucita flaviserta

Alucita flaviserta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Alucitidae
Genus:	Alucita
Species:	A. flaviserta
Binomial name
	Alucita flaviserta; (Meyrick, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
	Orneodes flaviserta Meyrick, 1921;

Alucita flaviserta is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is known from Mozambique.

The male of this species has a wingspan of 14 mm. The head is white with few dark fuscous specks. Thorax is white, with the anterior half irrorated (speckled) with dark grey and two small greyish spots posteriorly. Abdomen whitish. Forewings are white with a blackish semioval spot at costa near the base. Markings are ochreous-yellow.[2]

The holotype was found in Magude in southern Mozambique.

References

"Afro Moths". Afro Moths. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
Meyrick, E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2): 107/108

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[1] "Afro Moths". Afro Moths. Retrieved 2013-02-04.

[2] Meyrick, E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2): 107/108