Scaeosopha tuberculata is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in China.
| Scaeosopha tuberculata | |
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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. tuberculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Scaeosopha tuberculata Li et Zhang, 2012
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The wingspan is about 17.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is yellow with dark spots and patches. The hindwings are dark yellowish-brown.
Etymology edit
The species name refers to the distal seventh of the valvella expanded to a tuberculum and is derived from Latin tuberculatus (meaning tuberculum).[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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