Sabatinca aemula
| Sabatinca aemula | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micropterigidae |
| Genus: | Sabatinca |
| Species: | S. aemula |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabatinca aemula Philpott, 1924 | |
Sabatinca aemula is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Philpott in 1924. It is known from the Mount Arthur tableland in New Zealand.[1]
Adults were found in December among rough herbage and undergrowth at a damp spot on the edge of the forest.
Original description
Wingspan 11–12 millimetres (0.43–0.47 in). Head and thorax reddish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous. Antennae dark fuscous, basal fifth (in female basal third) ochreous. Abdomen greyish-fuscous. Legs ochreous, last tarsal segments fuscous. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, costa strongly arched basally, apex acute, termen very oblique, slightly sinuate; shining ochreous, darker on apical half and above dorsum at base; a silvery-white fascia from costa at middle; irregular and variable in shape, sometimes spot-like, sometimes reaching middle of wing where it touches an irregular black spot; a similar but usually broader fascia at 3/4, also connecting with a black (generally transverse) spot; sometimes a silvery-white dot or dots between second fascia and apex; a series of silvery-white spots round termen: fringes reddish-ochreous with a very obscure dark basal line. Hindwings fuscous-violet: fringes, fuscous on basal half of dorsum, ochreous with a fuscous basal line on remainder of wing.