''Scaeosopha trigonia'' is a species of
moth of the family
Cosmopterigidae. It is found on
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
, an island in
Indonesia.
The
wingspan is about 14.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is yellowish-white, overlaid with black and pale yellowish-brown spots and patches. The hindwings are yellowish-brown.
Etymology
The species name refers to the triangular process at the basal third of the uncus brachium and is derived from Latin ''trigonius'' (meaning triangular).
[, 2012: Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species. ''Zootaxa'', 3322: 1-34.]
References
Moths described in 2012
Scaeosophinae
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