Schizovalva triplacopis
Schizovalva triplacopis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
| Schizovalva triplacopis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Schizovalva |
| Species: | S. triplacopis |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizovalva triplacopis (Meyrick, 1912) | |
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The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are fuscous sprinkled with dark fuscous and somewhat mixed with ochreous whitish. There is a small dark fuscous spot beneath the costa near the base, followed by a spot of ochreous-whitish suffusion. The stigmata are rather large, blackish and edged posteriorly by spots of ochreous-whitish suffusion and anteriorly more or less with brown, the plical much before the first discal. There is a spot of ochreous-whitish suffusion on the costa at four-fifths. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Schizovalva triplacopis (Meyrick, 1912)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Schizovalva triplacopis (Meyrick, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- Annals of the South African Museum. 10 (3): 61.
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