Eraina
| Eraina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Eraina Clarke, 1978 |
| Species: | E. thamnocephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Eraina thamnocephala Clarke, 1978 | |
Eraina thamnocephala is a moth in the Oecophoridae family and only species in the Eraina genus. It was described by Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile.[1]
The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are pale cream, with the extreme edge of the basal fifth of the costa fuscous and fuscous discal spots as follows: one in the cell at the basal third, one slightly beyond in the fold, and a transverse pair at the end of the cell. The surface with or without ill-defined clay color patches and sparse fuscous irrorations. Around the termen, a series of 4 or 5 fuscous spots is found, which are sometimes confluent. The hindwings are ocherous white with the surface, especially toward the margins sprinkled with greyish-fuscous scales and the outer edge narrow greyish fuscous.[2]
References
- ↑ Eraina Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine. at funet.fi.
- ↑ J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 3. Retrieved 15 December 2017.