Singularia venedictoffi

Singularia venedictoffi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Singularia
Species:	S. venedictoffi
Binomial name
	Singularia venedictoffi; (Gielis & D.L. Matthews, 1994)
Synonyms
	Chocophorus venedictoffi Gielis & D.L. Matthews, 1994;

Singularia venedictoffi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.

The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The head is scaled, mixed grey-white and dark brown and the face is dark brown, but slightly paler between the antennae. These are grey-brown. The thorax is dark brown with faint white-brown longitudinal lines. The forewings are dark chocolate brown with ferruginous-white faint lines at the base of the wing. The hindwings are dark brown.^[1] Adults have been recorded in March.^[2]

Etymology[]

The species is named after Mr. Nadian Venedictoff, who collected the species.

References[]

^ Neotropical Pterophoridae 9: Chocophorus, a new neotropical genus (Lepidoptera)
^ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-23.

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[1] Neotropical Pterophoridae 9: Chocophorus, a new neotropical genus (Lepidoptera)

[2] "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-23.

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