Semioptila ansorgei

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Semioptila ansorgei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Himantopteridae
Genus: Semioptila
Species:
S. ansorgei
Binomial name
Semioptila ansorgei
Rothschild, 1907

Semioptila ansorgei is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1907. [1] It is found in Angola. [2]

The body, the basal area of the forewing, a spot at the apex of the cell of both wings and the basal third of the hindwing are yellow. The rest of the wings are brownish black and transparent. The hindwings are of nearly even width from the base to the apex, the abdominal margin being very slightly dilated beyond the middle in most specimens, and the tip of the tail feebly widened. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Semioptila ansorgei". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  2. "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  3. "Novitates Zoologicae". v. 14 (1907). 1907.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .