Onebala zulu
| Onebala zulu | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Onebala |
| Species: | O. zulu |
| Binomial name | |
| Onebala zulu (Walsingham, 1881) | |
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Onebala zulu is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1881. It is found in Namibia, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng), Gambia and Zimbabwe.[1] The Global Lepidoptera Names Index has this name as a synonym of Onebala lamprostoma.[2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are brownish fuscous, with a white fascia scarcely beyond the middle pointing obliquely outwards from the costa, and sometimes with an excrescence on its inner edge about the middle of the wing. A white triangular costal spot is found before the apex and the apical margin is marked by a slender whitish line, followed by some blackish scales at the base of the cilia. A pale streak runs along the dorsal margin, its upper half whitish, its lower half ferruginous. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[3]
References
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Onebala lamprostoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ^ Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881 (2) : 261
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