Singularia venedictoffi
Singularia venedictoffi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Singularia |
| Species: | S. venedictoffi |
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| Singularia venedictoffi (Gielis & D.L. Matthews, 1994) | |
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The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The head is scaled, mixed grey-white and dark brown and the face is dark brown, but slightly paler between the antennae. These are grey-brown. The thorax is dark brown with faint white-brown longitudinal lines. The forewings are dark chocolate brown with ferruginous-white faint lines at the base of the wing. The hindwings are dark brown.[1] Adults have been recorded in March.[2]
Etymology
The species is named after Mr. Nadian Venedictoff, who collected the species.
References
- Neotropical Pterophoridae 9: Chocophorus, a new neotropical genus (Lepidoptera)
- "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
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