Perissomastix madagascarica
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| Species: | P. madagascarica
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| Perissomastix madagascarica Gozmány, 1969
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Perissomastix madagascarica is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Hungarian entomologist László Anthony Gozmány in 1969[1] and is found in Madagascar.[2]
The wingspan of this species is 18–21 mm. Head, palpi, base of thorax are deep black, antennae brownish yellow. Scalp, thorax and forewings brownish grey, forewings irrorated (sprinkled) with vivid violet scales that are very dense in the costal region.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Bálint, Zsolt; Katona, Gergely; Kun, Andras (2011). "The scientific publications of Dr László Gozmány (1921-2006) on Lepidoptera with a revised bibliography and an annotated list of taxon names he proposed". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 103: 373–428 (386, 412). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (accessed 29 March 2017)
- ^ Gozmány L. A. 1969d. Some Tineid moths (Lepidoptera) from Madagascar. - Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 15(3–4):287–297
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