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Scythris brachyplecta

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Scythris brachyplecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Scythris
Species:
S. brachyplecta
Binomial name
Scythris brachyplecta
Meyrick, 1928

Scythris brachyplecta is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[1]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are white (overlying light grey), irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and with an oblique streak of dark fuscous irroration from the dorsum at one-fourth, reaching half across the wing. There is a short oblique dark fuscous mark from the second discal stigma to the termen. The hindwings are blue-grey-whitish.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Afro Moths
  2. ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (13): 412 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.