Dyspessa defreinai

Dyspessa defreinai is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2008. It is found in Turkey.

Dyspessa defreinai
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D. defreinai
Binomial name
Dyspessa defreinai
Yakovlev, 2008

The length of the forewings is 9–11 mm for males and 9–10 mm for females. The forewings of the males are white at the costal margin, the cell with a white brand and the outer marginal area is white. The hindwings are white, with a suffusion of greyish scales. The hindwings of the females are light brown.

Etymology

The species is named for Mr. Josef de Freina.[1]

gollark: People are generally *kind of bad*.
gollark: I'm not sure about that.
gollark: Unless god and satan don't provide very good rates... perhaps they've been outcompeted by modern mass production.
gollark: But presumably, if you could get 100000 Doritos™ a month by having a factory of people worship god or sacrifice goats to Satan, this would be used by people.
gollark: ... no.

References

  1. Yakovlev, R.V., 2008: New species of Palaearctic and Oriental Cossidae (Lepidoptera). IV. New taxa of the genus Dyspessa Hübner, [1820] from South-Western Palaearctic. Eversmannia 15/16: 53-68. Full article:


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