Metathrinca ophiura

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Metathrinca ophiura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Metathrinca
Species:
M. ophiura
Binomial name
Metathrinca ophiura
Meyrick, 1908

Metathrinca ophiura is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka. [1]

The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The forewings are shining white with an irregular moderate pale greyish-silvery partially brownish-suffused fascia extending around the apical fourth of the costa and upper half of the termen, then suddenly curved inwards and terminating on the dorsum before the tornus, edged with blackish on the costal portion and around the apical margin, and suffusedly blackish edged towards the dorsum, the anterior edge in the middle emitting a cloudy fuscous streak-like projection. The hindwings are whitish. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (August 27, 2014). "Metathrinca ophiura Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (3): 626. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .