Afrocelestis evertata explained

Afrocelestis evertata is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Hungarian entomologist László Anthony Gozmány in 1965 and is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

The wingspan of this species is 10 mm. Head, scalp and thorax are light ivory grey with some yellowish suffusion. Its pattern is brownish but not too distinct: a spot on the shoulder, a triangular one at one-third on the costa, three other smaller spots on the costa in the apical third and three even smaller ones on the termen.[2]

The types were provided from Elisabethville (now Lubumbashi) 27-ix-1937 (Ch.Speidel).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/AFROEVER De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (accessed 29 March 2017)
  2. Gozmány, 1965. Four new Tineid Genera from Central Africa. - Lambillionea 64(1–4):2–8.