Philonome albivittata is a species of moth from the Tineidae family[1] found in French Guiana.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Philonome |
| Species: | P. albivittata
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| Philonome albivittata Sohn, Davis & Lopez-Vaamonde, 2015
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The length of the forewings is 2.8–3.1 mm. The forewings are reddish brown with a brown costa.[3] The longitudinal fascia is white, spanning the entire costal area except the costa. It has a sinuous lower margin and is accompanied with a narrow, dark brown line. The dorsal bar is white and found at the basal third of the dorsum. It is dentiform and accompanied with a dark brown bar along the upper margin. The marginal area is dark brown. The hindwings are brownish grey.
Etymology
editThe species name refers to the white longitudinal band on the forewings and is derived from Latin albus (meaning white) and vittatus (meaning banded).[4]
References
edit- ^ Sohn, Jae-Cheon; Davis, Donald; Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos (2015-06-04). "Revision of the genus Philonome Chambers and its proposed reassignment to the family Tineidae (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea)". ZooKeys (494): 69–106. doi:10.3897/zookeys.494.8748. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4400378. PMID 25901115.
- ^ "Philonome Chambers, 1874". www.gbif.org (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ Sohn, Jae-Cheon (2015). "Revision of the genus Philonome Chambers and its proposed reassignment to the family Tineidae (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea)". ZooKeys (494): 69–106. doi:10.3897/zookeys.494.8748. PMC 4400378. PMID 25901115.
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- ^ Revision of the genus Philonome Chambers and its proposed reassignment to the family Tineidae (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea)
External links
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