Alucita panolbia

Alucita panolbia is a moth in the family Alucitidae. It is found in Guatemala.[1]

Alucita panolbia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species:
A. panolbia
Binomial name
Alucita panolbia
(Walsingham, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Orneodes panolbia Walsingham, 1915

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The antennae are whitish. The head is whitish ochreous, mottled with brownish fuscous. The thorax is brownish fuscous, the tegulae tipped with whitish ochreous. The forewings have a mottled appearance.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Alucita panolbia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  2. "Species description". Retrieved 2011-10-18.


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