Oegoconia syndesma

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Oegoconia syndesma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Oegoconia
Species:
O. syndesma
Binomial name
Oegoconia syndesma
Meyrick, 1926

Oegoconia syndesma is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in South Africa. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous sprinkled with dark grey and with a dark fuscous spot on the base of the costa, and irregular elongate blotches before and beyond the middle, suffusedly confluent beneath with the stigmata. The stigmata form cloudy blackish spots, the plical somewhat before the first discal, the second discal transverse. There is a dark fuscous apical blotch, extended as a narrow fascia along the termen. The hindwings are ochreous whitisish. [3]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Oegoconia syndesma Meyrick, 1926". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (November 10, 2018). "Oegoconia syndesma Meyrick, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 333. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .