Leuronoma zymotis

Leuronoma zymotis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1909. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Leuronoma zymotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Leuronoma
Species:
L. zymotis
Binomial name
Leuronoma zymotis
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Telphusa zymotis Meyrick, 1909

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are fuscous irregularly mixed with ferruginous-brownish and sprinkled with dark fuscous and with a blackish mark beneath the base of the costa, and one on the fold towards the base, each followed by longitudinal white-ochreous suffusion, the latter streak extending to the second discal. There are suffused white-ochreous oblique costal and dorsal opposite marks about three-fourths, not meeting. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References


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