Teresita isaura

Teresita isaura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Teresita
Species: T. isaura
Binomial name
Teresita isaura
Clarke, 1978

Teresita isaura is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile.[1]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are light ochraceous buff and the extreme base of the costa is cinnamon buff. There is an ill-defined cinnamon buff fascia from near the end of the cell to the tornus. The hindwings are ocherous white, darker toward margins.[2]

References

  1. Teresita at funet.fi.
  2. 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. 64. Retrieved 15 December 2017.


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