Scaeosopha nigrimarginata is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Brunei, China, Malaysia and Thailand.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Scaeosopha |
| Species: | S. nigrimarginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Scaeosopha nigrimarginata Li et Zhang, 2012
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The wingspan is 12.5–15.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is whitish-yellow, overlaid with black spots and patches. The hindwings are deep-grey.
Etymology edit
The species name refers to the fact that the forewings are covered with black scales from the fold to the dorsum and is derived from the Latin prefix nigr- (meaning black) and marginatus (meaning margin).[1]
References edit
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- ^ Li, H.; Zhang, Z.; Sinev, S.Yu, 2012: Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species. Zootaxa, 3322: 1-34.
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