Sabatinca quadrijuga

Sabatinca quadrijuga is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912.[2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[3]

Sabatinca quadrijuga
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S. quadrijuga
Binomial name
Sabatinca quadrijuga
Meyrick, 1912

Original description

Wingspan 13 millimetres (0.51 in). Head pale greyish. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax purplish. Abdomen grey, lateral claspers and supraanal projection longer and narrower than in caustica. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, less acute than in caustica, stalk of 7 and 8 extremely short; deep purple, irregularly mixed with coppery-golden, darker and bluish on costa; four subquadrate ochreous-whitish spots on costa between base and 3/4, larger anteriorly, and a dot towards apex: cilia grey-whitish, with several dark grey bars. Hindwings violet-grey, darker towards apex; cilia grey-whitish, on costa barred with grey suffusion.[4]

References

  1. Gibbs, George W. (2014). "Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 72: 1–127. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.72.
  2. "Sabatinca quadrijuga Meyrick, 1912". www.nkis.info. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  3. "Sabatinca quadrijuga Meyrick, 1912". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  4. Meyrick, Edward (1912). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 44: 1–127 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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