Opogona autogama

Opogona autogama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Opogona
Species:	O. autogama
Binomial name
	Opogona autogama; (Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
	Hieroxestis autogama Meyrick, 1911;

Opogona autogama is a moth of the family Tineidae.

Distribution[]

It is found in the Seychelles and Mauritius.^[1]

This species has a wingspan of 12–13 mm, head is purplish-fuscous, tuft brownish-ochreous, fillet and face shining greyish-ochreous. Forewings lanceolate, bronzy-grey or light purplish-fuscous,

In male: a long light grey subcostal hairpencil from base lying beneath forewings this character is quite distinctive.^[2]

References[]

Original publication: Meyrick, 1911. No. XII. Tortricina and Tineina. Results of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905 Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 14 : 263–307

^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2015. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (22.Jan.2015)
^ Meyrick, 1915. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2015. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (22.Jan.2015)

[2] Meyrick, 1915. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1.

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