Sesommata albimaculata
| Sesommata albimaculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Palaephatidae |
| Genus: | Sesommata |
| Species: | S. albimaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Sesommata albimaculata Davis, 1986
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Sesommata albimaculata is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Davis in 1986.[1] It is found in the Parque Nacional Lanín in Argentina.
The length of the forewings is 5.5–6 mm. Adults have dark fuscous to black wings with 5-6 yellowish white, equally spaced spots of similar size on the forewings. Adults are on wing December in one generation per year.
Etymology
[edit]The species name is derived from Latin albus (meaning white) and maculatus (meaning spotted or speckled) and refers to the spotted forewing pattern.
References
[edit]- ^ "A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia" by Donald R. Davis.
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