Ceromitia benedicta

Ceromitia benedicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Adelidae
Genus:	Ceromitia
Species:	C. benedicta
Binomial name
	Ceromitia benedicta; Meyrick, 1918

Last updated August 09, 2025

Ceromitia benedicta is a species of moth of the family Adelidae.^[1] It was first described in 1918 by Edward Meyrick and is known from South Africa.^[1]

Description

The species was described from a single male specimen caught in Pretoria in December. Edward Meyrick gave the specimen's appearance as follows:^[2]

Head yellow-ochreous. Palpi very short, loosely scaled, grey-whitish. Thorax pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa anteriorly slightly, posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; all veins separate; pale greyish-ochreous; costal edge dark grey towards base: cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings with 5 and 6 approximated at base; grey; cilia whitish-grey

References

1 2 3 De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2011–2021). "Ceromitia benedicta | AfroMoths". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 31 August 2022.
↑ Meyrick, Edward (1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 47. Retrieved 31 August 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[AfroMoths-1] 1 2 3 De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2011–2021). "Ceromitia benedicta | AfroMoths". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 31 August 2022.

[Meyrick-1918-2] Meyrick, Edward (1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 47. Retrieved 31 August 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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