Moca albodiscata

Moca albodiscata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Immidae
Genus:	Moca
Species:	M. albodiscata
Binomial name
	Moca albodiscata; (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
	Adricara albodiscata Walker, 1863;

Moca albodiscata is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Tefé, Brazil.[1]

Adults are blackish brown, silvery white beneath. The thorax has a testaceous stripe on each side. The forewings have a whitish-testaceous tinged and slightly hyaline disk and there is a cinereous diffuse and interrupted submarginal band. The marginal points are black and the costa is mostly cinereous.[2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Moca albodiscata (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 27: 114 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Moca albodiscata (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2018.

[2] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 27: 114 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.