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