Hoplomorpha teratopa

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Hoplomorpha teratopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Hoplomorpha
Species:
H. teratopa
Binomial name
Hoplomorpha teratopa
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Machimia teratopaMeyrick, 1920

Hoplomorpha teratopa is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. [1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales. [2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale grey irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with dark grey and with a strong violet gloss, especially anteriorly. There is a very large deep fulvous semiovate dorsal patch sharply limited by a white rim, extending from one-fourth of the dorsum to near the tornus, and reaching two-thirds across the wing, the anterior end vertical and the posterior projecting angularly just over the tornus. There are two or three irregular blackish-grey dots following the posterior edge of this, as well as a blackish somewhat sinuate line from near two-thirds of the costa to near the middle of the termen, a short portion in the middle is deep fulvous. The hindwings are grey whitish with a broad suffused grey terminal fascia. [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). "Hoplomorpha teratopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (6 January 2014). "Hoplomorpha teratopa (Meyrick, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (10): 310.


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