Orpecovalva obliterata
Species of moth
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Orpecovalva obliterata is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Walsingham[who?] in 1905. It is found in Algeria and Libya.[1]
| Orpecovalva obliterata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Orpecovalva |
| Species: | O. obliterata |
| Binomial name | |
| Orpecovalva obliterata (Walsingham, 1905) | |
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The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are hoary greyish white, profusely speckled with greyish fuscous throughout, this is for the most part evenly distributed, but a line along the centre of the wing appears to be somewhat less obscured by the dark speckling, while a reduplicated transverse spot at the end of the cell is slightly indicated, a plical and another discal spot scarcely to be detected, their possible position being shown only by a slight increase of the dark dusting in each place. The hindwings are bronzy grey.[2]
