Excommatica

Excommatica is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Excommatica compsotoma, which is found in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[1][2]

Excommatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Excommatica

Janse, 1951
Species:
E. compsotoma
Binomial name
Excommatica compsotoma
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Commatica compsotoma Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous with an irregular blackish patch extending along the dorsum from near the base to near the tornus, widest before the middle of the wing, where it extends half across, the edge sinuate before and beyond this, narrow towards the posterior extremity, the apex truncate and followed by slight whitish suffusion. There is a broad blackish streak along the costa from before the middle to the apex, pointed anteriorly, cut by an oblique whitish strigula at two-thirds and a less oblique grey-whitish strigula at three-fourths, the lower edge between this and the apex semicircularly excavated. There is also an oval silvery-white spot on the middle of the termen containing an elongate black dot. The hindwings are grey, lighter and bluish-tinged anteriorly.[3]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 77 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine


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