Moca selenaspis

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Moca selenaspis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Moca
Species:
M. selenaspis
Binomial name
Moca selenaspis
(Meyrick, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Imma selenaspisMeyrick, 1925

Moca selenaspis is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found on Borneo. [1]

The wingspan is about 27 mm. The forewings are blackish with an elongate-oval ochreous-yellow spot beneath the costa near the base, and a shorter elongate almost adjacent the spot beneath it. There is a round ochreous-yellow blotch in the middle of the disc and the extreme apical edge is white. The hindwings are ochreous yellow, the base irregularly blackish, prominent in the disc, and sending a subdorsal streak into the terminal band. There is a broad blackish terminal band, the edge triangularly prominent below the middle. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Moca selenaspis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3: 133. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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