Scaeosopha spinivalvata

Scaeosopha spinivalvata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Scaeosopha
Species:	S. spinivalvata
Binomial name
	Scaeosopha spinivalvata; Li et Zhang, 2012

Scaeosopha spinivalvata is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Sabah on Borneo.

The wingspan is about 12.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is yellow, tinged with ochreous at the base. The markings are arranged in four rows and consists of black spots and dark-brown patches. The hindwings are deep-brown.

Etymology

The species name refers to the spine-shaped distal quarter of valvella and is derived from the Latin prefix spin- (meaning spine) and valvatus (meaning valve).[1]

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References

Li, H.; Zhang, Z.; Sinev, S.Yu, 2012: Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species. Zootaxa, 3322: 1-34.

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[1] Li, H.; Zhang, Z.; Sinev, S.Yu, 2012: Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species. Zootaxa, 3322: 1-34.