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Semioptila torta Butler, 1877
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Semioptila torta is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]
The wingspan is about 24 mm. The wings are transparent and sparsely scaled, the basal half with rust-reddish or reddish-orange scales, the outer or terminal half with brown scales. The hindwings have an oval orange spot beyond the cell. The body is pitchy brown, the abdomen with cupreous-brown scales. The vertex of the head and collar are orange and the undersurface is pale brown, with a few orange hairs on the pectus.[3]