Moca nipharcha

Moca nipharcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Moca
Species: M. nipharcha
Binomial name
Moca nipharcha
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Imma nipharcha Meyrick, 1931

Moca nipharcha is a moth in the Immidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, irregularly irrorated whitish, a cloud of whitish suffusion beyond the middle on the costal half, leaving a dark transverse mark on the end of the cell, the posterior fourth without irroration except subcostal and submcdian spots near the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Moca nipharcha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. Exotic Microlep. 4: 1801


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