Dorycnopa marmorea

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Dorycnopa marmorea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dorycnopa
Species:
D. marmorea
Binomial name
Dorycnopa marmorea
(Lower, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Paltodora marmoreaLower, 1899

Dorycnopa marmorea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1899. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales. [1]

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The forewings are white with two irregular oblique pale fuscous parallel fasciae, the first from the costa near the base to one-fifth of the inner margin. The second just beyond. Both fasciae with a few blackish spots on the margins. There is also a fine elongate blackish mark in the middle of the disc and a second in a direct line beyond. There is a pale fuscous patch on the inner margin immediately below and the costa from the second fascia to about five-sixths is pale fuscous, while the apex is fuscous-tinged, more pronounced at the extreme apex. The hindwings are grey whitish. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (7 May 2014). "Dorycnopa marmorea (Lower, 1899)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 24 (1): 96. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .