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Antispila salutans

Synonyms: Holocacista salutans (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Holocacista salutans is a moth of the Heliozelidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo) and Zimbabwe. The wingspan is 4-5 mm for males and about 4.5 mm for females. The forewings of the males are grey brown, slightly irrorate, caused by the scales being dark tipped and paler at the base. There is a silver-white pattern on the forewings, consisting of a triangular dorsal spot at one-fourth from the base, a smaller spot at the costa, sometimes joined to the dorsal spot as a narrow fascia. There is a second triangular dorsal spot at 1/2, reaching almost to the middle of the wing and a triangular costal spot just beyond the middle, always separate. The hindwings are pale grey. Females have the scales almost uniformly dark fuscous wit
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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