Heteralcis molybdantha

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Heteralcis molybdantha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Heteralcis
Species:
H. molybdantha
Binomial name
Heteralcis molybdantha
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Timyra molybdanthaMeyrick, 1908

Heteralcis molybdantha is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka. [1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous sprinkled with black, with scattered ochreous hair-scales and thick bluish-leaden-metallic subcostal and narrower submedian streaks from the base to one-third, as well as an almost straight double antemedian fascia, the first half narrow, yellow ochreous, edged posteriorly with dark fuscous, the second half broader, bright bluish leaden metallic. Some irregular leaden-metallic spots are found in the disc about three-fourths and around the posterior third of the costa and termen, around the apex confluent into a streak. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a short subdorsal groove from the base, containing an expansible pencil of whitish ochreous hairs. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 30, 2016). "Heteralcis molybdantha (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 454. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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