Schizovalva sphenopis

Schizovalva sphenopis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.[1][2]

Schizovalva sphenopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Schizovalva
Species:
S. sphenopis
Binomial name
Schizovalva sphenopis
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Acompsia sphenopis Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, somewhat sprinkled with dark grey and blackish and with an elongate-triangular black spot in the disc before the middle, the apex directed posteriorly and edged with whitish. The second discal stigma is small, irregular, black and edged with whitish anteriorly. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

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