Taygete altivola

Description

Taygete altivola is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Peru. The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are grey-whitish with a dark grey basal patch somewhat mixed pale ochreous occupying one-fifth of the wing, the edge rather inwards-oblique from the costa. There is an elongate grey mark on the costa beyond this and a triangular dark grey blotch somewhat tinged ochreous on the costa rather beyond the middle reaching more than half across the wing, its apex truncate, some slight grey suffusion in the disc preceding this. The stigmata are small and black, the plical suffused yellowish, rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a small blackish dorsal spot beneath the second discal, and a blackish dot between these. The apical fifth is suffused grey and ochreous, with some dark fuscous scales, a blackish dash on the tornal edge, dark fuscous marks around the remainder of the edge. The hindwings are grey.