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Schizovalva prioleuca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Schizovalva

Schizovalva prioleuca is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are purple-blackish with a white dorsal streak from the base to the tornus, attenuated near the base, the upper edge forming three triangular prominences between one-fourth and the tornus, then continued as a slender irregular streak along the termen to the apex and there is a small white mark on the costa towards the apex. The hindwings are grey. Hu

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Schizovalva prioleuca Wikipedia