Depressaria rhodoscelis

Depressaria rhodoscelis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Depressaria rhodoscelis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Depressaria
Species:
D. rhodoscelis
Binomial name
Depressaria rhodoscelis
Meyrick, 1920

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous with a few scattered black scales and a small blackish subdorsal mark near the base, as well as a faint fuscous median streak from the base to the end of the cell, and cloudy light fuscous lines along veins 4-8, the other veins faintly tinged with fuscous. The first discal stigma is minute and black, the second represented by a white dot surrounded by a few black scales. There is a series of small indistinct blackish marginal dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey, whitish tinged towards the base, the apex darker.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Depressaria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Annals of the South African Museum 17 (4): 288   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.