''Homoeoprepes sympatrica'' is a
moth in the family
Elachistidae. It was described by Clarke in 1962.
It is found in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
.
The
wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are fuscous, overlaid by rust red. At the base of the fold with a small black spot and a similar spot at the basal fifth on the fold. Similar black spots of raised scales are found at two-fifths, in the cell and at the end of the cell. These spots are surrounded by red and ochreous scales. The hindwings are shining greyish, paler basally.
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 113 (3457) (I): 381
References
Moths described in 1962
Homoeoprepes
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