Hieromantis arcuata

Hieromantis arcuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Stathmopodidae
Genus:	Hieromantis
Species:	H. arcuata
Binomial name
Hieromantis arcuata Guan & Li, 2015

Hieromantis arcuata is a moth of the Stathmopodidae family. It is found in China (Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong).

The wingspan is 8−9 mm. The forewings are greyish brown, with scattered yellowish brown scales, the distal one-fifth ochreous brown and with a greyish brown band extending from the costal two-thirds obliquely inward to the dorsal three-fifths, its inner side set an ill-defined ochre-yellow patch neither reaching the costa nor the dorsum.

Description[]

On its outer side is a broad silvery white band and there is an elliptical spot located between the basal one-fourth and two-fifths on the dorsum, consisting of tufts of erect silvery grey scales with a metallic luster, on its inner side is a rounded black spot with a white dot in the centre, anterior to it are two joined black spots along the middle of the fold, these four spots forming a large elliptical blotch located between the dorsal one-fifth and two-fifths, margined with silvery white scales except on the dorsum and yellowish brown in the middle of the cell. The hindwings are greyish brown.

Etymology[]

The species name refers to the costa arched in the basal three-fourths in the male genitalia and is derived from Latin arcuatus.^[1]

References[]

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