Teresita isaura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Teresita
Species:
T. isaura
Binomial name
Teresita isaura
J. F. G. Clarke, 1978

Teresita isaura is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile.[1]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are light ochraceous buff and the extreme base of the costa is cinnamon buff. There is an ill-defined cinnamon buff fascia from near the end of the cell to the tornus. The hindwings are ocherous white, darker toward the margins.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Teresita isaura Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  2. J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 64. Retrieved 15 December 2017. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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