Sophronia aquilex
| Sophronia aquilex | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Sophronia |
| Species: | S. aquilex |
| Binomial name | |
| Sophronia aquilex Meyrick, 1926 | |
Sophronia aquilex is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1926. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous with a broad white costal streak from the base to five-sixths, pointed posteriorly and having a slender streak of blackish irroration along the upper edge from two-fifths of the costa to its extremity, the lower edge also margined with scattered blackish scales. There is a moderate white dorsal streak from the base to the tornus, the apex suffused. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[3]
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