Pedoptila catori

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

Pedoptila catori is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), Nigeria and Uganda.[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The head, thorax and abdomen are blackish, covered with fine deep orange hairs. The forewings have the basal half of the wings up to the end of the cell yellow, the outer portion is entirely dark sooty grey. The hindwings are yellowish for the basal third, the rest being dark sooty grey. The tail is very narrow for two-thirds, then suddenly expands and is spatulate, but equally suddenly narrows into a short, fine, slightly hooked tip.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pedoptila catori". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 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). "Pedoptila catori". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 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.