Hieromantis arcuata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Stathmopodidae |
| Genus: | Hieromantis |
| Species: | H. arcuata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hieromantis arcuata Guan & Li, 2015
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Hieromantis arcuata is a moth of the Stathmopodidae family. It is found in China (Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong).
The wingspan is 8−9 mm. The forewings are greyish brown, with scattered yellowish brown scales, the distal one-fifth ochreous brown and with a greyish brown band extending from the costal two-thirds obliquely inward to the dorsal three-fifths, its inner side set an ill-defined ochre-yellow patch neither reaching the costa nor the dorsum.
Description[edit]
On its outer side is a broad silvery white band and there is an elliptical spot located between the basal one-fourth and two-fifths on the dorsum, consisting of tufts of erect silvery grey scales with a metallic luster, on its inner side is a rounded black spot with a white dot in the centre, anterior to it are two joined black spots along the middle of the fold, these four spots forming a large elliptical blotch located between the dorsal one-fifth and two-fifths, margined with silvery white scales except on the dorsum and yellowish brown in the middle of the cell. The hindwings are greyish brown.
Etymology[edit]
The species name refers to the costa arched in the basal three-fourths in the male genitalia and is derived from Latin arcuatus.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Li, Houhun; Guan, Wei (2015). "Review of the genus Hieromantis Meyrick from China, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Stathmopodidae)". ZooKeys (534). zookeys.pensoft.net: 85–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.534.5997. PMC 4669938. PMID 26668549. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
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