Kertomesis dolabrata is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in India.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Kertomesis |
| Species: | K. dolabrata
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| Kertomesis dolabrata (Meyrick, 1916)
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The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are pale grey suffused with white, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. The markings are fuscous suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with black and with a narrow basal fascia, widest on the dorsum, the edge convex. There are small spots transversely placed, representing the plical and first discal stigmata. A transverse blotch is found from the dorsum towards the tornus reaching two-thirds of the way across the wing, with a strong projection from its anterior edge in the middle of the disc. There is also a small cloudy spot on the costa at two-thirds and a small apical spot, as well as two black dots on the termen beneath it. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (November 27, 2013). "Kertomesis dolabrata (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (19): 589.
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