Scoliographa

Scoliographa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Scoliographa

Meyrick, 1916
Species:
S. argospila
Binomial name
Scoliographa argospila
Meyrick, 1916

Scoliographa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Scoliographa argospila, is found in Guyana. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1916.[1]

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are pale brownish with the basal fourth of the costa dark fuscous and with a broad irregular streak of dark brown suffusion along the submedian fold throughout. There is a dark fuscous dot in the disc above the middle and there are several snow-white markings edged with scattered black scales: a dot representing the first discal stigma, a minute dot on the fold beneath this, an irregularly angulated mark above the dorsum at one-third, a somewhat Z-shaped mark of which the upper extremity is almost separated and represents the second discal stigma, its lower angle projecting anteriorly on the fold, and a small round spot above the dorsum before the tornus. There is a very indefinite fascia of dark brown suffusion from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus and a marginal series of blackish marks around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are whitish ochreous.[2]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 5, 2015). "Scoliographa Meyrick, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (18): 554. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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