Urodeta bucera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Urodeta |
Species: | U. bucera |
Binomial name | |
Urodeta bucera Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2011 [1] | |
Urodeta bucera is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]
The wingspan is 5.1–5.8 mm. The forewings are strongly mottled with scales basally whitish and distally dark brown. The hindwings and fringes are grey brown. Adults have been recorded in March and late May.
The species name is derived from the Latin bucerus (meaning ox-horned) and refers to the horn-shaped juxta lobes.
Urodeta is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. The genus was originally assigned to the family Momphidae.
Urodeta inusta is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in north-western Western Australia.
Elachista cordata is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Cameroon.
Elachista chelonitis is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in South Africa, Kenya and Malawi.
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 aculeata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
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 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 noreikai is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Nepalese Himalayas.
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.