Typhonia animosa

Typhonia animosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Psychidae
Subfamily:	Typhoniinae
Genus:	Typhonia
Species:	T. animosa
Binomial name
	Typhonia animosa; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Melasina animosa Meyrick, 1913;

Typhonia animosa is a species of bagworm moth. It is found in South Africa.[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are white, the posterior half of the costa tinged with ochreous-yellowish and the costal edge blackish towards the base. The stigmata is moderately large, black and with the plical slightly beyond the first discal. There is a black dot in the middle of the disc between the stigmata, and about twenty small irregularly scattered black dots towards the margins. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous.[2]

References

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[1] Afro Moths

[2] Meyrick, E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4): 334 Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine