Thaumaturgis

Thaumaturgis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Thaumaturgis; Meyrick, 1934
Species:	T. craterocrossa
Binomial name
	Thaumaturgis craterocrossa; Meyrick, 1934

Thaumaturgis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae. Its single species, Thaumaturgis craterocrossa, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1934.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, with some minute scattered blackish specks and a black dot towards the costa near the base. There is an erect blackish pointed fasciate blotch from the dorsum before the middle reaching three-fourths of the way across the wing and a semi-circular blackish blotch on the costa at about two-thirds with a short strigula from the middle beneath, edged with ochreous-yellow suffusion. There is an ill-defined triangular blackish tornal spot. The posterior costal and apical margin are ochreous yellow. The hindwings are grey, the veins darker suffused.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Thaumaturgis Meyrick, 1934". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Thaumaturgis craterocrossa Meyrick, 1934". Afromoths. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (15): 449.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Thaumaturgis Meyrick, 1934". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Thaumaturgis craterocrossa Meyrick, 1934". Afromoths. Retrieved September 12, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (15): 449.