Sabatinca aurantiaca
Sabatinca aurantiaca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Micropterigidae |
Genus: | Sabatinca |
Species: | S. aurantiaca |
Binomial name | |
Sabatinca aurantiaca Philpott, 1924 | |
Sabatinca aurantiaca is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1924. This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Adults were found in woodland in November and December.
Original description
Wingspan 10.5–12.5 millimetres (0.41–0.49 in). Head, thorax and palpi ochreous. Antennae fuscous, basal 1/5 (in basal 1/3) ochreous. Abdomen greyish-fuscous. Legs ochreous, tarsi annulated with fuscous. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, costa strongly arched basally, thence straight, apex acute, termen very oblique, slightly sinuate; reddish-ochreous; a silvery-white irregular fascia from costa at 1/2, sometimes reaching across wing; a similar fascia at 3/4, expanding into a blotch on costa; two silvery-white spots on costa between 3/4 and apex; five or six interrupted blackish fasciae between 1/2 and apex, forming prominent spots on costa, termen and dorsum: fringes reddish-ochreous. Hindwings fuscous-violet: fringes fuscous, mixed with ochreous round apex.
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