Cecidothyris pexa

Cecidothyris pexa is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae. It is found in South Africa and Tanzania.

Cecidothyris pexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Thyrididae
Subfamily:
Siculodinae
Genus:
Cecidothyris
Species:
C. pexa
Binomial name
Cecidothyris pexa
(Hampson, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cecidothyris guttulata Aurivilius 1910[2]

The wingspan of this species is 25–34 mm.[3]

Subspecies
  • Cecidothyris pexa pexa (Hampson, 1906)
  • Cecidothyris pexa guttulata (Aurivillius, 1910)
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References
  1. afromoths
  2. Aurivilius, Brotéria, Ser.Zool., IX 1910: 160, Pl.7, fig.2
  3. (in German) Gaede, Max, 1916, Die äthiopischen Thyrididen nach dem Material des Berliner zoologischen Museums.-Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 8. bd., 3. hft.:377-8, fig.5


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