Kertomesis thyrota is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929.[1] It is found in Sudan.[2]
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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. thyrota
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| Binomial name | |
| Kertomesis thyrota (Meyrick, 1929)
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The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous with blackish markings. There is a suboval spot on the base of the costa, a subbasal dot almost on the dorsum, a dot representing the first discal stigma, a short inwards-oblique streak from the costa at two-thirds, an erect fasciate streak from the dorsum towards the tornus reaching two-thirds of the way across the wing, and three or four marginal dots around the apex. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (November 27, 2013). "Kertomesis thyrota (Meyrick, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Kertomesis thyrota (Meyrick, 1929)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 516.