Saccocera sauteri

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Saccocera sauteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Brachodidae
Genus: Saccocera
Species:
S. sauteri
Binomial name
Saccocera sauteri
(Kallies, 2004)
Synonyms
  • Miscera sauteri Kallies, 2004

Saccocera sauteri is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Kallies in 2004. It is found in Taiwan.

The wingspan is 20 mm for males and 24 mm for females. The forewings are fuscous-brownish with a narrow yellow streak along the cubital stem and single yellow scales scattered on the wings. The hindwings are fuscous-brown with two yellow poorly defined subbasal spots.

Etymology[edit]

The species is named in honour of the lepidopterist Hans Sauter.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kallies, A., 2004: The Brachodidae of the Oriental region and Adjacent territories (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 147 (1): 1-20.