Schizovalva prioleuca

Schizovalva prioleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Schizovalva
Species:	S. prioleuca
Binomial name
	Schizovalva prioleuca; (Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
	Gelechia prioleuca Meyrick, 1911;

Schizovalva prioleuca is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are purple blackish with a white dorsal streak from the base to the tornus, attenuated near the base, the upper edge forming three triangular prominences between one-fourth and the tornus, then continued as a slender irregular streak along the termen to the apex and there is a small white mark on the costa towards the apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Schizovalva prioleuca (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Schizovalva naufraga (Meyrick, 1911)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (April 1911). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (1): 66 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Schizovalva prioleuca (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Schizovalva naufraga (Meyrick, 1911)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (April 1911). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (1): 66 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.