Tinea sequens

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Tinea sequens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Tinea
Species:
T. sequens
Binomial name
Tinea sequens
Meyrick, 1919

Tinea sequens is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1919. It is known from Guyana.

This species has a wingspan of 7-8  m. [1] The forewings are white, with a few blackish specks and two subconfluent blackish-grey spots on the costa towards the base. There is a blackish-grey spot on the costa at two-fifths, where an oblique irregular more or less developed streak runs to the anterior end of a black dash in the disc beyond the middle. Another black dash is found between this and the termen, accompanied by a few dark grey scales and there is a blackish-grey spot on the costa at three-fourths, as well as an apical spot of blackish-grey sprinkles. The hindwings are light grey. [2]

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References

  1. Gates-Clarke. The types of Micro-Lepidoptera described by E. Meyrick, Vol.8- Pl.51
  2. Meyrick, Edward (August 1919). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2. Taylor and Francis. p. 248 via Internet Archive.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.