Khoisa epicentra
Species of moth
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Khoisa epicentra is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
| Khoisa epicentra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Khoisa |
| Species: | K. epicentra |
| Binomial name | |
| Khoisa epicentra (Meyrick, 1909) | |
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The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light yellow ochreous irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and with a small fuscous spot in the disc at one-sixth. The stigmata are black, with the plical obliquely before the first discal, beyond which is an additional black dot in the middle of the disc, these three connected by a patch of fuscous suffusion, the second discal less defined, preceded by an additional undefined dark fuscous dot obliquely above it. There is a transverse patch of fuscous suffusion from the costa at two-thirds, reaching halfway across the wing and a series of blackish-fuscous dots around the posterior third of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]
