Leuronoma_zymotis

<i>Leuronoma zymotis</i>

Leuronoma zymotis

Species of moth

Leuronoma zymotis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

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The wingspan is usually around 15 mm. The forewings are fuscous irregularly mixed with ferruginous brownish and sprinkled with dark fuscous and with a blackish mark beneath the base of the costa, and one on the fold towards the base, each followed by longitudinal white-ochreous suffusion, the latter streak extending to the second discal. There are suffused white-ochreous oblique costal and dorsal opposite marks about three-fourths, not meeting. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Savela, Markku, ed. (June 3, 2018). "Leuronoma zymotis (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. [2]
    De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Leuronoma zymotis (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. [3]
    Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Tansvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 11–12 – via Sabinet. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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