Sabatinca aurantiaca

Sabatinca aurantiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Sabatinca
Species: S. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Sabatinca aurantiaca
Philpott, 1924

Sabatinca aurantiaca is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Philpott in 1924 and is known from New Zealand.[1]

Adults were found in woodland in November and December.

Original description

Wingspan 10.5โ€“12.5 millimetres (0.41โ€“0.49 in). Head, thorax and palpi ochreous. Antennae fuscous, basal 1/5 (in basal 1/3) ochreous. Abdomen greyish-fuscous. Legs ochreous, tarsi annulated with fuscous. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, costa strongly arched basally, thence straight, apex acute, termen very oblique, slightly sinuate; reddish-ochreous; a silvery-white irregular fascia from costa at 1/2, sometimes reaching across wing; a similar fascia at 3/4, expanding into a blotch on costa; two silvery-white spots on costa between 3/4 and apex; five or six interrupted blackish fasciae between 1/2 and apex, forming prominent spots on costa, termen and dorsum: fringes reddish-ochreous. Hindwings fuscous-violet: fringes fuscous, mixed with ochreous round apex.

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