Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Palaephatidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Sesommata | |
Sesommata holocapna is a moth of the Palaephatidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in the temperate Valdivian forest region of southern Argentina and Chile.
The length of the forewings is 5-6.5 mm for males and 6–7 mm for females. Adult males have dark fuscous forewings and a rounded mass of broad sex scales. The forewings of the females are slightly lighter in colour and often irrorated with white over the distal half. Adults are on wing from November to January in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Diostea juncea.
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