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Ceromitia benedicta

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Ceromitia benedicta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Adelidae
Genus: Ceromitia
Species:
C. benedicta
Binomial name
Ceromitia benedicta

Ceromitia benedicta is a species of moth of the family Adelidae.[1] It was first described in 1918 by Edward Meyrick and is known from South Africa.[1]

Description

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The species was described from a single male specimen caught in Pretoria in December. Edward Meyrick gave the specimen's appearance as follows:[2]

Head yellow-ochreous. Palpi very short, loosely scaled, grey-whitish. Thorax pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa anteriorly slightly, posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; all veins separate; pale greyish-ochreous; costal edge dark grey towards base: cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings with 5 and 6 approximated at base; grey; cilia whitish-grey

References

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  1. ^ a b c De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2011–2021). "Ceromitia benedicta | AfroMoths". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 47. Retrieved 31 August 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.