Doratopteryx zopheropa

Doratopteryx zopheropa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Himantopteridae
Genus:	Doratopteryx
Species:	D. zopheropa
Binomial name
	Doratopteryx zopheropa; Bethune-Baker, 1911

Doratopteryx zopheropa is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911.[1] It is found in Uganda.[2]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The head and thorax are dusky grey and the abdomen is yellowish. The forewings are dusky grey, with an obscure yellowish dash in the cell and a small basal patch below the cell. The hindwings have the base yellowish and the long entirely filamentary tail is dusky.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Doratopteryx zopheropa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
Afro Moths
Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7:530–576. p. 573 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Doratopteryx zopheropa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7:530–576. p. 573 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.