Turatia scioneura

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Turatia scioneura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Turatia
Species:
T. scioneura
Binomial name
Turatia scioneura
(Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Holcopogon scioneuraMeyrick, 1929

Turatia scioneura is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Sudan. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are whitish sprinkled with light grey, appearing grey whitish. There is an undefined median streak of grey suffusion from near the base to one-fourth and some fuscous sprinkling from this along the fold. The discal stigmata form small elongate spots of blackish sprinkles, with slight streaks of fuscous sprinkles along the upper edge of the cell between these, and along the veins between this and the costa. The hindwings are whitish grey. [3]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Turatia scioneura (Meyrick, 1929)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (August 24, 2014). "Turatia scioneura (Meyrick, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 515.