Holaxyra ithyaula

Holaxyra ithyaula is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

Holaxyra ithyaula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Holaxyra
Species:
H. ithyaula
Binomial name
Holaxyra ithyaula
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Dichomeris ithyaula Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are white with the costal edge dark fuscous from the base to four-fifths and with a rather broad dark fuscous median streak from the base to the apex. The dorsal edge is dark fuscous from beyond the middle to the tornus and there are several black marginal dots on the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale greyish.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris ithyaula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (August 23, 2017). "Holaxyra ithyaula (Meyrick, 1926)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  3. Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 333.


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