Flexiptera

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Flexiptera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Genus: Flexiptera
Janse, 1958
Species:
F. revoluta
Binomial name
Flexiptera revoluta
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia revolutaMeyrick, 1918

Flexiptera is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae erected by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1958. Its only species, Flexiptera revoluta, was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa. [1] [2]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are whitish, irregularly and variably irrorated (sprinkled) with grey. The basal area is suffused with pale ochreous and there is a blackish spot at the base of the costa, as well as elongate blackish blotches on the costa at about one-fifth and the dorsum before the middle, more or less connected posteriorly by an oblique blackish blotch in the disc. There is an elongate blackish blotch on the costa before the middle, beneath which is a round pale ochreous spot. The stigmata are black, ringed with pale ochreous, the plical slightly before the first discal. There is also a blackish spot on the costa above the second discal stigma, and a more or less developed blackish blotch on the dorsum beneath and connected with it. The apical area is suffused with pale ochreous and there are some cloudy black dots on the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (June 15, 2014). "Flexiptera Janse, 1958". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Flexiptera revoluta (Meyrick, 1918)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 17 – via Sabinet.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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