Sabatinca quadrijuga

Sabatinca quadrijuga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Micropterigidae
Genus:	Sabatinca
Species:	S. quadrijuga
Binomial name
	Sabatinca quadrijuga; Meyrick, 1912

Sabatinca quadrijuga is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912.[2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[3]

Original description

Wingspan 13 millimetres (0.51 in). Head pale greyish. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax purplish. Abdomen grey, lateral claspers and supraanal projection longer and narrower than in caustica. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, less acute than in caustica, stalk of 7 and 8 extremely short; deep purple, irregularly mixed with coppery-golden, darker and bluish on costa; four subquadrate ochreous-whitish spots on costa between base and 3/4, larger anteriorly, and a dot towards apex: cilia grey-whitish, with several dark grey bars. Hindwings violet-grey, darker towards apex; cilia grey-whitish, on costa barred with grey suffusion.[4]

References

Gibbs, George W. (2014). "Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 72: 1–127. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.72.
"Sabatinca quadrijuga Meyrick, 1912". www.nkis.info. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
"Sabatinca quadrijuga Meyrick, 1912". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
Meyrick, Edward (1912). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 44: 1–127 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Gibbs, George W. (2014). "Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 72: 1–127. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.72.

[2] "Sabatinca quadrijuga Meyrick, 1912". www.nkis.info. Retrieved 2018-03-29.

[3] "Sabatinca quadrijuga Meyrick, 1912". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-03-29.

[4] Meyrick, Edward (1912). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 44: 1–127 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.