| Ceromitia benedicta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Adelidae |
| Genus: | Ceromitia |
| Species: | C. benedicta |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceromitia benedicta Meyrick, 1918 | |
Ceromitia benedicta is a species of moth of the family Adelidae. It was first described in 1918 by Edward Meyrick and is known from South Africa.
Description
The species was described from a single male specimen caught in Pretoria in December. Edward Meyrick gave the specimen's appearance as follows:
Head yellow-ochreous. Palpi very short, loosely scaled, grey-whitish. Thorax pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa anteriorly slightly, posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; all veins separate; pale greyish-ochreous; costal edge dark grey towards base: cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings with 5 and 6 approximated at base; grey; cilia whitish-grey
References
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2011–2021). "Ceromitia benedicta | AfroMoths". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- Meyrick, Edward (1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 47. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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| Ceromitia benedicta | |
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