Depressaria rhodoscelis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
| Depressaria rhodoscelis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Depressaria |
| Species: | D. rhodoscelis
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| Binomial name | |
| Depressaria rhodoscelis Meyrick, 1920
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The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous with a few scattered black scales and a small blackish subdorsal mark near the base, as well as a faint fuscous median streak from the base to the end of the cell, and cloudy light fuscous lines along veins 4-8, the other veins faintly tinged with fuscous. The first discal stigma is minute and black, the second represented by a white dot surrounded by a few black scales. There is a series of small indistinct blackish marginal dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey, whitish tinged towards the base, the apex darker.[3]
References
edit- ^ Depressaria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Annals of the South African Museum 17 (4): 288 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.