Urodeta aculeata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Urodeta |
Species: | U. aculeata |
Binomial name | |
Urodeta aculeata Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2011 [1] | |
Urodeta aculeata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon. [2]
The wingspan is about 6.3 mm. The thorax, tegula and forewing are grey brown, mottled with blackish brown tipped scales. The hindwings are brownish grey. Adults have been recorded in the beginning of May.
The species name is derived from the Latin aculeatus (meaning provided with prickles) and refers to the numerous cornuti.
The Momphidae, or mompha moths, is a family of moths with some 115 described species. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1857. These moths tend to be rather small with a wingspan of up to 21 mm. The wings are held folded over the body at rest. The larvae are concealed feeders, either as leaf miners or within seeds or stems.
Urodeta is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. The genus was originally assigned to the family Momphidae.
Elachista cordata is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta absidata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta acerba is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Urodeta bucera is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Urodeta crenata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta cuspidis is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta faro is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta talea is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Urodeta tortuosa is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta falciferella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Kenya.
Urodeta gnoma is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Kenya.
Urodeta tantilla is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Kenya.
Urodeta spatulata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Kenya.
Urodeta maculata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Namibia.
Urodeta taeniata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Namibia.
Urodeta acinacella is a moth of the family Elachistidae first described by Jurate De Prins and Virginijus Sruoga in 2012. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Tswaing Crater Reserve in Gauteng.
Urodeta quadrifida is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Tswaing Crater Reserve in Gauteng.
Urodeta trilobata is a moth of the family Elachistidae first described by Jurate De Prins and Virginijus Sruoga in 2012. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Tswaing Crater Reserve in Gauteng.