Aproparia

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Aproparia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Aproparia
Gozmány, 1972
Species:
A. pselaphistis
Binomial name
Aproparia pselaphistis
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Onebala pselaphistisMeyrick, 1910

Aproparia is a monotypic genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Aproparia pselaphistis, which is found in India (Assam). [1]

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The forewings are light brownish-ochreous, more or less infuscated posteriorly. The stigmata are small, cloudy and fuscous, the plical rather beyond the first discal, an additional dot beneath the second discal. There is a faint curved fine ochreous-whitish line from three-fourths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, more strongly marked towards the costa. The hindwings are grey, more or less tinged with whitish-ochreous. [2]

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References

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  2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2): 456 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .