Scaeosopha nullivalvella
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Scaeosopha nullivalvella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Scaeosopha |
Species: | S. nullivalvella
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Binomial name | |
Scaeosopha nullivalvella Li et Zhang, 2012
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Scaeosopha nullivalvella is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in China, Brunei and Indonesia.
The wingspan is 14.5–17 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is greyish-brown, diffused with dark-brown scales. The hindwings are deep-brown.
Etymology
The species name refers to the absence of valvella and is derived from Latin nulli- (meaning null) and the word valvella.[1]
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- ^ Li, H.; Zhang, Z.; Sinev, S.Yu, 2012: Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species. Zootaxa, 3322: 1-34.