''Semioptila lufirensis'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

in the

Himantopteridae The Himantopteridae are a family of moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be appro ...

family. It was described by

James John Joicey James John Joicey FES (28 December 1870 – 10 March 1932) was an English amateur entomologist, who assembled an extensive collection of Lepidoptera in his private research museum, called the Hill Museum, in Witley, Surrey. Hi ...

and George Talbot in 1921. It is found in

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in the

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. The length of the forewings is about 15 mm. The species is allied to '' Semioptila hilaris'' and '' Semioptila flavidiscata''. It resembles the latter in general appearance, but the two submedian veins of the forewings are strongly marked, as in ''S. hilaris''. The forewing cell-streak does not reach the end of the cell and does not touch the discocellular spot. Cellule lb is not entirely filled in with yellow, the angle formed by the junction of the submedian and the margin being of the ground colour. Cellule lc is yellow in the basal half. The allied forms have la-lc entirely yellow. The hindwings are larger than in the allied forms and with a longer and more spatulate tail, which is broader than in any other species.Joicey J. J. & Talbot G. 1921b. New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barnes, in East Central Africa. V.– New Heterocera. - ''Bulletin of the Hill Museum'' 1(1):158–166. p. 166

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Moths described in 1921 Himantopteridae {{Zygaenoidea-stub