Taygete notospila

Taygete notospila is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[1]

Taygete notospila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Taygete
Species:
T. notospila
Binomial name
Taygete notospila
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Epithectis notospila Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 8 mm (0.31 in). The forewings are pale whitish yellow irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous. The markings are fuscous edged with dark fuscous sprinkles. There is a short slender oblique streak from the base of the costa and a mark at one-third, as well as an irregular blotch from the dorsum before the middle reaching more than halfway across the wing. A large spot is found on the costa at two-thirds and there is a triangular spot on the tornus opposite nearly meeting or sometimes connected with it. Two smaller triangular spots are found on the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2015). "Taygete notospila (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 15.


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