Oegoconia meledantis

Oegoconia meledantis is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Oegoconia meledantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Oegoconia
Species:
O. meledantis
Binomial name
Oegoconia meledantis
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Clerogenes meledantis Meyrick, 1921
  • Oegoconia cyrota Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, thinly sprinkled with blackish and with a triangular dark fuscous spot on the base of the costa. The stigmata are black, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a spot of dark fuscous suffusion on the costa at three-fifths, and a rather smaller one on the dorsum before the tornus opposite to it. There are also three or four indistinct dots of blackish irroration on the termen. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Oegoconia meledantis (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (November 10, 2018). "Oegoconia meledantis (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 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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