Dyspessa blonda

Dyspessa blonda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Dyspessa
Species: D. blonda
Binomial name
Dyspessa blonda
Yakovlev, 2008

Dyspessa blonda is a moth in the Cossidae family. It was described by Yakovlev in 2008. It is found in Turkey.

The length of the forewings is 10–13 mm for males and 12–13 mm for females. The forewings are uniform light-yellow in males. The hindwings have a greyish suffusion. Females are much darker, the forewings are dull-yellow and the hindwings are light-brown.[1]

References

  1. Yakovlev, R.V., 2008: New species of Palaearctic and Oriental Cossidae (Lepidoptera). IV. New taxa of the genus Dyspessa Hübner, [1820] from South-Western Palaearctic. Eversmannia 15/16: 53-68. Full article:
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