Schizovalva mesacta

Schizovalva mesacta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Schizovalva
Species:	S. mesacta
Binomial name
	Schizovalva mesacta; (Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
	Gelechia mesactaMeyrick, 1913;

Last updated March 17, 2025

Schizovalva mesacta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Gauteng, South Africa.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, suffused with reddish brown towards the dorsum and a short streak of blackish suffusion on the base of the dorsum and a blackish streak along the fold from near the base to beyond one-third. The discal stigmata are rather approximated, blackish and connected by red-brownish suffusion, beneath which adjacent to each is an additional less defined group of blackish scales. There is a narrow undefined slightly angulated red-brownish fascia at about three-fourths. The hindwings are light grey.^[3]

References

↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Schizovalva mesacta (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Schizovalva mesacta (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
↑ Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 12 – via Sabinet. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Schizovalva mesacta (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Schizovalva mesacta (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 12 – via Sabinet. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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