Leuronoma zymotis

Leuronoma zymotis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Leuronoma zymotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Leuronoma
Species:
L. zymotis
Binomial name
Leuronoma zymotis
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Telphusa zymotis Meyrick, 1909

The wingspan is usually around 15 mm. The forewings are fuscous irregularly mixed with ferruginous brownish and sprinkled with dark fuscous and with a blackish mark beneath the base of the costa, and one on the fold towards the base, each followed by longitudinal white-ochreous suffusion, the latter streak extending to the second discal. There are suffused white-ochreous oblique costal and dorsal opposite marks about three-fourths, not meeting. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 3, 2018). "Leuronoma zymotis (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Leuronoma zymotis (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Tansvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 11–12 via Sabinet.


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