Scaeosopha victoriensis

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

Scaeosopha victoriensis is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is about 15.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is yellowish-white, mottled with black scales and overlaid with black spots and patches. The hindwings are deep-grey.

Etymology

The species name refers to the Victoria Falls, the type locality.[1]

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gollark: I'm not egglocked. I just want hatchlings.

gollark: > explicitly says "GIVE ME HATCHLINGS"> gets offer of two eggs

gollark: My strategy is to just fog as problems occur, which seems to work surprisingly well, probably mostly because of my lack of valuable stuff.

gollark: Because nobody *wants* to jump through hoops to kind of prevent viewbombing slightly?

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.