| Schizovalva ophitis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Schizovalva |
| Species: | S. ophitis |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizovalva ophitis (Meyrick, 1913) | |
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Schizovalva ophitis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa. [1] [2]
The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are fuscous, with a few scattered black scales and with some ochreous-whitish suffusion towards the median third of the dorsum. There is a thick black median longitudinal streak from the base to two-thirds, lower edge suffused, upper sharply marked, forming two deep sinuations filled with ochreous whitish before and beyond the middle and a triangular prominence between these. There is a short suffused blackish apical streak, and one less marked beneath it, surrounded with a purplish tinge. The hindwings are fuscous. [3]
