Saccocera sauteri is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Kallies in 2004. It is found in Taiwan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Brachodidae |
| Genus: | Saccocera |
| Species: | S. sauteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Saccocera sauteri (Kallies, 2004)
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The wingspan is 20 mm for males and 24 mm for females. The forewings are fuscous-brownish with a narrow yellow streak along the cubital stem and single yellow scales scattered on the wings. The hindwings are fuscous-brown with two yellow poorly defined subbasal spots.
Etymology
editThe species is named in honour of the lepidopterist Hans Sauter.[1]
References
edit- ^ Kallies, A., 2004: The Brachodidae of the Oriental region and Adjacent territories (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 147 (1): 1-20.