Alloclita xylodesma is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.[2]
| Alloclita xylodesma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Alloclita |
| Species: | A. xylodesma
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| Binomial name | |
| Alloclita xylodesma | |
The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are dark fuscous, faintly purplish tinged. There is a moderately broad ochreous-white transverse fascia before one-third, partially edged with black and then with brown suffusion, the posterior edge angulated below the middle, the black marginal dots above and below this indicating the stigmata. A triangular ochreous-white spot is found on the costa at two-thirds, and an ochreous-white dot on the tornus, connected by a narrow brown fascia in which is a small black spot representing the second discal stigma. There is also an ochreous-white apical dot. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Alloclita xylodesma Meyrick, 1911". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Alloclita xylodesma Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (1): 72.
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