Apostibes aerata

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Apostibes aerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Scythrididae
Genus:
Apostibes
Species:
A. aerata
Binomial name
Apostibes aerata
Walsingham, 1914

Apostibes aerata is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1914. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero). [1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are shining, pale brassy greenish, becoming more coppery towards the costa and at the apex. A white streak coming from the base below the costa terminates in the fold at about one-fourth, and there is a white patch lying a little beyond it and reaching the costa before the middle, a similar white patch, bent inward from the costa before the apex and reverting to the dorsum is found at the end of the fold. The hindwings are dark reddish fuscous. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Apostibes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ↑ Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 322


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