Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Schizovalva sphenopis

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Schizovalva

Schizovalva sphenopis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, somewhat sprinkled with dark grey and blackish and with an elongate-triangular black spot in the disc before the middle, the apex directed posteriorly and edged with whitish. The second discal stigma is small, irregular, black and edged with whitish anteriorly. The hindwings are light grey.

References

Schizovalva sphenopis Wikipedia