Apostibes aerata

Apostibes aerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Apostibes
Species: A. aerata
Binomial name
Apostibes aerata
Walsingham, 1914

Apostibes aerata is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1914. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero).[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are shining, pale brassy greenish, becoming more coppery towards the costa and at the apex. A white streak coming from the base below the costa terminates in the fold at about one-fourth, and there is a white patch lying a little beyond it and reaching the costa before the middle, a similar white patch, bent inward from the costa before the apex and reverting to the dorsum is found at the end of the fold. The hindwings are dark reddish fuscous.[2]

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