Sabatinca aurantiaca
| Sabatinca aurantiaca | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micropterigidae |
| Genus: | Sabatinca |
| Species: | S. aurantiaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabatinca aurantiaca Philpott, 1924 | |
Sabatinca aurantiaca is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Philpott in 1924 and is known from New Zealand.[1]
Adults were found in woodland in November and December.
Original description
Wingspan 10.5–12.5 millimetres (0.41–0.49 in). Head, thorax and palpi ochreous. Antennae fuscous, basal 1/5 (in basal 1/3) ochreous. Abdomen greyish-fuscous. Legs ochreous, tarsi annulated with fuscous. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, costa strongly arched basally, thence straight, apex acute, termen very oblique, slightly sinuate; reddish-ochreous; a silvery-white irregular fascia from costa at 1/2, sometimes reaching across wing; a similar fascia at 3/4, expanding into a blotch on costa; two silvery-white spots on costa between 3/4 and apex; five or six interrupted blackish fasciae between 1/2 and apex, forming prominent spots on costa, termen and dorsum: fringes reddish-ochreous. Hindwings fuscous-violet: fringes fuscous, mixed with ochreous round apex.