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Taygete sphecophila

Synonyms: Epithectis sphecophila

Wikipedia Abstract

Taygete sphecophila is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1936. It is found in Trinidad. The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are grey-whitish with a dark fuscous basal patch, extending on the costa to one-fourth, the edge inwards-oblique from the costa, mixed light brownish towards the base. There is a small elongate dark fuscous spot on the costa about one-third and a dark fuscous postmedian costal blotch, broadest on the costa, rounded beneath and reaching half across the wing, the second discal stigma forming a black dot beneath this. There is some fuscous irroration or suffusion on the apical area, and some irregular dark fuscous pre-marginal or marginal dots around it. The hindwings are slaty-grey.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0