Octonodula inumbrata

Octonodula inumbrata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Octonodula inumbrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Octonodula
Species:
O. inumbrata
Binomial name
Octonodula inumbrata
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis inumbrata Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous, with the tips of the scales pale purplish grey. The stigmata are obscure, cloudy and dark fuscous, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is a small indistinct grey-whitish spot on the costa at two-thirds. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 15, 2014). "Octonodula inumbrata (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Octonodula inumbrata (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (July 1914). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: V". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 4 (4): 193 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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