''Ancylometis scaeocosma'' is a species of
moth in the family
Oecophoridae first described by
Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is known from
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
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This species has a wingspan of 11 mm for the male. The head and palpi are dark fuscous, antennae greyish-ochreous, thorax and abdomen greyish-ochreous, irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous. The forewings are elongated and rather narrow with a gently arched costa; they are whitish-ochreous, irrorated with dark fuscous, tinged with yellowish round dark markings, and a small dark fuscous basal patch. The hindwings are grey, paler and semi-transparent towards their base.
[Meyrick, E. (1887)]
"Descriptions of some exotic Micro-Lepidoptera"
''Transactions of the entomological Society of London''. 1887 (2): 277.
References
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Moths described in 1887
Oecophoridae
Moths of Réunion
Endemic fauna of Réunion