Sophronia aquilex
| Sophronia aquilex | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Sophronia |
| Species: | S. aquilex
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| Binomial name | |
| Sophronia aquilex Meyrick, 1926
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Sophronia aquilex is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous with a broad white costal streak from the base to five-sixths, pointed posteriorly and having a slender streak of blackish sprinkles along the upper edge from two-fifths of the costa to its extremity, the lower edge also margined with scattered blackish scales. There is a moderate white dorsal streak from the base to the tornus, the apex suffused. The hindwings are whitish grey.[3]
References[]
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 31, 2018). "Sophronia aquilex Meyrick, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Sophronia aquilex Meyrick, 1926". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 331.
Categories:
- Endemic moths of South Africa
- Moths described in 1926
- Sophronia (moth)
- Gelechiini stubs