''Oegoconia syndesma'' is a

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in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. The

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is about 13 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous sprinkled with dark grey and with a dark fuscous spot on the base of the costa, and irregular elongate blotches before and beyond the middle, suffusedly confluent beneath with the stigmata. The stigmata form cloudy blackish spots, the plical somewhat before the first discal, the second discal transverse. There is a dark fuscous apical blotch, extended as a narrow fascia along the termen. The hindwings are ochreous whitisish.''Annals of the South African Museum''. 23: 333.
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Endemic moths of South Africa Moths described in 1926 Oegoconia {{Autostichidae-stub