Alucita Flaviserta
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''Alucita flaviserta'' is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is known from Mozambique. The male of this species has a wingspan of 14 mm. The head is white with few dark fuscous specks. Thorax is white, with the anterior half irrorated (speckled) with dark grey and two small greyish spots posteriorly. Abdomen whitish. Forewings are white with a blackish semioval spot at costa near the base. Markings are ochreous-yellow.Meyrick, E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2): 107/108 The holotype was found in Magude in southern Mozambique.


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Endemic fauna of Mozambique Alucitidae Moths described in 1921 Lepidoptera of Mozambique Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Alucitoidea-stub