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Tiquadra semiglobata

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Species of moth

Tiquadra semiglobata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Tiquadra
Species: T. semiglobata
Binomial name
Tiquadra semiglobata
Meyrick, 1922

Tiquadra semiglobata is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from Peru.

This species has a wingspan of about 18 mm. The forewings are white with six small spots of dark grey irroration (sprinkling) on the costa and some small faint greyish spots or dots in the disc. There is a hemispherical grey blotch somewhat mixed white extending on the dorsum from near the base to the middle and reaching more than half across the wing. The hindwings are grey.

References

  1. Gates-Clarke. The types of Micro-Lepidoptera described by E. Meyrick, Vol.8- Pl.53
  2. Exotic Microlep. 2: 599 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Tiquadra semiglobata


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