Photodotis spilodoma

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Photodotis spilodoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Photodotis
Species:
P. spilodoma
Binomial name
Photodotis spilodoma
Meyrick, 1918

Photodotis spilodoma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish, the dorsal area on the anterior half of the wing is suffused with whitish ochreous, anteriorly extending two-thirds of the way across the wing. There is a blotch of blackish irroration representing the plical and first discal stigmata, and a small spot on the costa above it. A small brownish spot is found on the tornus, connected by a cloudy blackish dot surmounted by a similar ochreous dot with an indistinct dark second discal stigma. A small cloudy whitish spot is found on the costa at three-fourths and there are two short ochreous streaks above and two below apex, separated by blackish irroration. The hindwings are grey. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Photodotis spilodoma Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Photodotis spilodoma Meyrick, 1918". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 15 – via Sabinet.


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