''Cathalistis secularis'' is a
moth in the family
Eriocottidae
Eriocottidae or Old World spiny-winged moths is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera whose position relative to other members of the superfamily Tineoidea is currently unknown. There are two subfamilies, Compsocteninae and Eriocottinae.
...
. It was described by
Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in
South Africa, where it has been recorded from
Gauteng.
The
wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are light brownish, with some irregular dark brownish sprinkling and an irregular waved cloudy subterminal shade of dark brown irroration (sprinkles) from the costa to beneath the angle of the cell. The hindwings are pale grey.
[Meyrick, E. (1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". ''Annals of the Transvaal Museum''. 6 (2): 45-46.]
References
Endemic moths of South Africa
Moths described in 1918
Eriocottidae
Lepidoptera of South Africa
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