Issikiopteryx corythista

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Issikiopteryx corythista
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Issikiopteryx
Species:
I. corythista
Binomial name
Issikiopteryx corythista
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Timyra corythistaMeyrick, 1918
  • Olbothrepta corythista

Issikiopteryx corythista is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in India. [1]

The wingspan is 13 mm. The forewings are orange-yellow with light bronzy-fuscous markings and a streak along the basal sixth of the costa, a small blackish spot beneath it at the base and a slightly oblique transverse fascia at one-third, not quite reaching the costa. There is also a patch occupying the apical half of the wing, the anterior edge somewhat convex, including a yellow spot above the tornus. The hindwings are pale ochreous, with a long expansible pale ochreous hairpencil from the base, lying in a submedian furrow. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Olbothrepta at funet
  2. ↑ Exotic Microlep. 2 (4): 98 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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