Deltoplastis coercita

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Deltoplastis coercita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Deltoplastis
Species:
D. coercita
Binomial name
Deltoplastis coercita
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Onebala coercitaMeyrick, 1923

Deltoplastis coercita is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in southern India. [1]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are violet fuscous, slightly whitish sprinkled, with a broad streak of blackish-fuscous suffusion on the basal fourth of the costa, posteriorly suffused and undefined. There is an irregular-edged triangular blackish-fuscous white-edged patch extending on the dorsum from the base to the middle, the apex reaching two-thirds across the wing near before the middle, the space between this and the costal streak is suffused with whitish. There is a very oblique blackish white-edged strigula on the costa before the middle, the second discal stigma forming a small blackish white-edged spot, sometimes a smaller similar spot beneath it. There is a suffused dark fuscous subterminal fascia of which the discal portion is expanded into a broad blotch reaching the second discal stigma, edged beneath and posteriorly by white scales, a small white mark on the costa preceding this. There is also a blackish terminal line. The hindwings are light grey, thinly scaled and whitish tinged anteriorly. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Deltoplastis coercita (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 42. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .