Holcopogon scaeocentra

Holcopogon scaeocentra is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa.[1][2]

Holcopogon scaeocentra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Holcopogon
Species:
H. scaeocentra
Binomial name
Holcopogon scaeocentra
Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are white irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with light greyish ochreous and with a black dot towards the costa near the base. The stigmata are rather large and black, the plical very obliquely beyond the first discal, the second discal approximated to the tornus. There is a marginal series of black dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are very pale yellowish grey.[3]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Holcopogon scaeocentra Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (August 24, 2014). "Holcopogon scaeocentra Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 93 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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