Singularia alternaria

Singularia alternaria is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Argentina, Chile and Ecuador.

Larva

Pupa

Singularia alternaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Singularia
Species:	S. alternaria
Binomial name
Singularia alternaria (Zeller, 1874)
Synonyms
Aciptilia alternaria Zeller, 1874 Aciplilia alternarius Chocophorus alternaria Pselnophorus alternarius

The wingspan is 13–21 mm. The head is scaled in pale grey and brown-grey scales. The antennae are pale grey to pale brown-grey. The thorax is pale brown-grey and the abdomen pale brown-grey, with three longitudinal brown lines on the upperside. The forewings are pale grey with indistinct pale brown-grey scaling with increasing intensity toward the base of the cleft. There are several dark brown spots and some dark brown and white scales. The fringes along the costal margin of the first lobe are alternating dark brown and pale grey. The dorsal fringes of the first lobe are grey-brown and the costal fringes of the second lobe have two alternating dark brown and grey-white patches. There are dark and light fringes along the dorsal margin in a pattern reversed to that of the costal margin. The hindwings are brown-grey on basal half, gradually turning more brown towards the termen. The fringes in all lobes near the base are grey, towards the termen they are brown.[1] Adults have been recorded from October to February.

The larvae feed on Echium plantagineum, Echium vulgare and Malus sylvestris.[2] They feed on the shoots and flowers.

References

1. Neotropical Pterophoridae 9: Chocophorus, a new neotropical genus (Lepidoptera)
2. Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)