Sabatinca passalota facts for kids

Sabatinca passalota is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923 and is known from New Zealand.

Adults were found in January amongst moss.

Original description

Wingspan 10 millimetres (0.39 in) for males. Head and thorax golden-ochreous. Antennae dark fuscous, base ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, pointed nearly from middle; pale shining ochreous mostly suffused with coppery-golden; dark purple-grey elongate dots in disc at 2/5 and middle, and a small elongate spot beneath and partly anterior to first; an almost marginal series of large dark purple-grey dots round posterior 2/3 of costa and termen to an elongate mark on dorsum before middle of wing; some irregular whitish marginal spots adjoining these, a larger transverse one from costa at 3/5: cilia pale golden-ochreous. Hindwings dark purple-grey; cilia pale ochreous tinged with grey towards base, on dorsum purplish-grey.

Images for kids

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  Lake Wakatipu, type locality for S. chrysargyra.