Hyperochtha butyropa

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Hyperochtha butyropa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Hyperochtha
Species:
H. butyropa
Binomial name
Hyperochtha butyropa
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Onebala butyropaMeyrick, 1910

Hyperochtha butyropa is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in Sri Lanka. [1]

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish fuscous with the basal area darker purplish fuscous, its margin formed by an irregular line from two-fifths of the costa to two-thirds of the dorsum. The stigmata are cloudy, blackish and indistinct, the first discal lying on the edge of this patch and the plical rather obliquely before it. There is a pale ochreous-yellowish dot on the costa at five-sixths. The hindwings are pale grey. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 31, 2014). "Hyperochtha butyropa (Meyrick, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (2): 458. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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