Onebala zulu

Onebala zulu is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1881. It is found in Namibia, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng), Gambia and Zimbabwe.[1] The Global Lepidoptera Names Index has this name as a synonym of Onebala lamprostoma.[2]

Onebala zulu
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Onebala
Species:
O. zulu
Binomial name
Onebala zulu
(Walsingham, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia zulu Walsingham, 1881

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are brownish fuscous, with a white fascia scarcely beyond the middle pointing obliquely outwards from the costa, and sometimes with an excrescence on its inner edge about the middle of the wing. A white triangular costal spot is found before the apex and the apical margin is marked by a slender whitish line, followed by some blackish scales at the base of the cilia. A pale streak runs along the dorsal margin, its upper half whitish, its lower half ferruginous. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[3]

References
  1. Afro Moths
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Onebala lamprostoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  3. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881 (2) : 261


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