Cecidothyris pexa

Cecidothyris pexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thyrididae
Subfamily: Siculodinae
Genus: Cecidothyris
Species: C. pexa
Binomial name
Cecidothyris pexa
(Hampson, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cecidothyris guttulata Aurivilius 1910[2]

Cecidothyris pexa is a species of moth of the Thyrididae family. It is found in South Africa and Tanzania.

The wingspan of this species is 25–34 mm.[3]

Subspecies

  • Cecidothyris pexa pexa (Hampson, 1906)
  • Cecidothyris pexa guttulata (Aurivillius, 1910)

References

  1. ↑ afromoths
  2. ↑ Aurivilius, Brotéria, Ser.Zool., IX 1910: 160, Pl.7, fig.2
  3. ↑ (in German) Gaede, Max, 1916, Die äthiopischen Thyrididen nach dem Material des Berliner zoologischen Museums.-Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 8. bd., 3. hft.:377-8, fig.5
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