Ectaga lictor

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Ectaga lictor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ectaga
Species:
E. lictor
Binomial name
Ectaga lictor
Walsingham, 1912

Ectaga lictor is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1912. [1] It is found in Guatemala. [2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are hoary greyish, with an obliquely placed streak of raised blackish scales at about one-fourth the wing-length, running from the upper edge of the cell to about the middle of the fold. There is a blackish dot at the end of the cell and a slight sprinkling of brownish scales at about the middle of the dorsum and in the direction of the apex there is a strong shade of the same colour, accompanied with greyish fuscous, occupying the costa from above the black streak to the apex. The hindwings are shining whitish cinereous. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ectaga lictor​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ Ectaga at funet
  3. ↑ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 141 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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