Machimia serva

Machimia serva is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.[2]

Machimia serva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Machimia
Species:
M. serva
Binomial name
Machimia serva
Meyrick, 1920

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are pale greyish, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. The stigmata is cloudy and dark grey, the plical spot rather beyond the first discal spot and there is an angulated subterminal series of faintly indicated darker dots. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oecophorinae unplaced species serva". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (16 February 2015). "Machimia serva Meyrick, 1920". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (12): 375.


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