Symmetrischema loquax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Symmetrischema
Species:
S. loquax
Binomial name
Symmetrischema loquax
(Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Phthorimaea loquax Meyrick, 1917

Symmetrischema loquax is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Peru.[1]

Description

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are dark grey sprinkled with whitish, tinged here and there with ochreous. There is a black dot beneath the costa near the base, and two or three other indistinct ones on the basal area. A small black costal spot is found before one-third. Sometimes, there are ochreous subcostal dashes before and beyond this. The stigmata are moderate or large, ochreous brownish, sometimes accompanied by a few blackish scales, and with the plical slightly before the first discal. A blackish dot is found on the fold beneath the middle of the wing. There is a small cloudy darker spot on the costa at two-thirds and a cloudy darker dot above the tornus, as well as a cloudy spot of dark fuscous suffusion on the termen above the tornus and an elongate blackish mark in the disc near the apex. The hindwings are slaty grey.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 17, 2016). "Symmetrischema loquax (Meyrick, 1917)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1917 (1): 45. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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