Schizovalva mesacta
Schizovalva mesacta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Gauteng, South Africa.[1][2]
| Schizovalva mesacta | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Schizovalva |
| Species: | S. mesacta |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizovalva mesacta (Meyrick, 1909) | |
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The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, suffused with reddish brown towards the dorsum and a short streak of blackish suffusion on the base of the dorsum and a blackish streak along the fold from near the base to beyond one-third. The discal stigmata are rather approximated, blackish and connected by red-brownish suffusion, beneath which adjacent to each is an additional less defined group of blackish scales. There is a narrow undefined slightly angulated red-brownish fascia at about three-fourths. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Schizovalva mesacta (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Schizovalva mesacta (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Tansvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 12 – via Sabinet.
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