Khoisa epicentra is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Khoisa |
Species: | K. epicentra
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Binomial name | |
Khoisa epicentra (Meyrick, 1909)
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The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light yellow ochreous irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and with a small fuscous spot in the disc at one-sixth. The stigmata are black, with the plical obliquely before the first discal, beyond which is an additional black dot in the middle of the disc, these three connected by a patch of fuscous suffusion, the second discal less defined, preceded by an additional undefined dark fuscous dot obliquely above it. There is a transverse patch of fuscous suffusion from the costa at two-thirds, reaching halfway across the wing and a series of blackish-fuscous dots around the posterior third of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2015). "Khoisa epicentra (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Khoisa epicentra (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the South African Museum. 5 (7): 370. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.