''Scythris lactanea'' is a
moth of the family
Scythrididae. It was described by
Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in the
South African provinces of
Gauteng and
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...
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The
wingspan is . The forewings are light fuscous, almost wholly suffused with ochreous whitish except for a more or less developed subcostal band. There are obscure fuscous dots towards the dorsum at one-third and the middle, and above the tornus. A suffused dark fuscous dot is found on the fold between the two former and the plical stigma is suffused and dark fuscous, the second discal round, distinct and dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey.
Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4): 313
References
Endemic moths of South Africa
lactanea
Moths described in 1913
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