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Orpecovalva obliterata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Autostichidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Orpecovalva

Orpecovalva obliterata is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1905. It is found in Algeria and Libya.

The wingspan is 11-13 mm. The forewings are hoary greyish white, profusely speckled with greyish fuscous throughout, this is for the most part evenly distributed, but a line along the centre of the wing appears to be somewhat less obscured by the dark speckling, while a reduplicated transverse spot at the end of the cell is slightly indicated, a plical and another discal spot scarcely to be detected, their possible position being shown only by a slight increase of the dark dusting in each place. The hindwings are bronzy grey.

References

Orpecovalva obliterata Wikipedia