kids encyclopedia robot

Sabatinca quadrijuga facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Quick facts for kids
Sabatinca quadrijuga
Scientific classification

Sabatinca quadrijuga is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Original description

Wingspan 13 millimetres (0.51 in). Head pale greyish. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax purplish. Abdomen grey, lateral claspers and supraanal projection longer and narrower than in caustica. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, less acute than in caustica, stalk of 7 and 8 extremely short; deep purple, irregularly mixed with coppery-golden, darker and bluish on costa; four subquadrate ochreous-whitish spots on costa between base and 3/4, larger anteriorly, and a dot towards apex: cilia grey-whitish, with several dark grey bars. Hindwings violet-grey, darker towards apex; cilia grey-whitish, on costa barred with grey suffusion.

Images for kids

  • Fig 25 MA I437900 TePapa Plate-XXXIX-The-butterflies full (cropped)

    Illustration of S. quadrijuga by George Hudson.

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Sabatinca quadrijuga Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.