Oedematopoda illucens

Oedematopoda illucens is a moth of the Stathmopodidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Sierra Leone and South Africa (Mpumalanga).[1][2]

Oedematopoda illucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Stathmopodidae
Genus:
Oedematopoda
Species:
O. illucens
Binomial name
Oedematopoda illucens
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Eretmocera illucens Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are deep yellow, suffused with bronzy-fuscous towards the middle, and becoming dark bluish-fuscous on the apical third. The extreme base is dark bluish-fuscous. The hindwings are orange-yellow, paler towards rgw costa anteriorly. The apical third is dark fuscous.[3]

References
  1. Oedematopoda at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23 : 338


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