Schizovalva naufraga
Schizovalva naufraga is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
| Schizovalva naufraga | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Schizovalva |
| Species: | S. naufraga |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizovalva naufraga (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged, suffused with blackish towards the dorsal streak. There is a moderately broad whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe from the base to the tornus, the extremities pointed, the upper edge slightly prominent at one-fourth and in the middle of the wing, with a marked triangular prominence before the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
- funet.fi
- Afro Moths
- Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (1) : 66 Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
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