Moca chrysocosma

Moca chrysocosma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Immidae
Genus:	Moca
Species:	M. chrysocosma
Binomial name
	Moca chrysocosma; (Diakonoff, 1967)
Synonyms
	Imma chrysocosmaDiakonoff, 1967;

Last updated December 19, 2022

Moca chrysocosma is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1967. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines.^[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a blue-lilac gloss in certain lights, the markings bright yellow, well defined. There is a clavate patch along less than the anterior half of the costa, extending over the upper half of the base of the wing, posteriorly dilated into a rounded-triangular tooth almost to the middle of the wing, the lower edge of the patch concave, the posterior edge convex. A slightly oblique erect semi-oval moderate patch is found on two-thirds of the costa and there are faint markings of lilac-blue iridescence. A short transverse streak is found along the closing vein and a marginal line along the posterior fourth of the costa, in the apex and along the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous, the dorsum with a narrow pale yellow streak.^[2]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Moca chrysocosma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 8 September 2020.
↑ Diakonoff, A. (1967). "Microlepidoptera of the Philippine Islands". United States National Museum Bulletin. 257: 192–193. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Moca chrysocosma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 8 September 2020.

[2] Diakonoff, A. (1967). "Microlepidoptera of the Philippine Islands". United States National Museum Bulletin. 257: 192–193. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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