Hygroplasta continctella

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Hygroplasta continctella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Hygroplasta
Species:
H. continctella
Binomial name
Hygroplasta continctella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria continctellaWalker, 1864

Hygroplasta continctella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in southern India. [1]

Adults are cinereous brown and stout, with the forewings rather narrow, rounded at the tips, with two deep black dots in the disc, one before the middle, the other beyond the middle. The hindwings are cinereous. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Hygroplasta continctella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 565 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .