Phylomictis maligna

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Phylomictis maligna
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Phylomictis
Species:
P. maligna
Binomial name
Phylomictis maligna
Meyrick, 1890

Phylomictis maligna is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria. [1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are white, slightly ochreous tinged, with a thick irregular dark grey streak along the inner margin from the base to the anal angle and an irregular much interrupted dark fuscous transverse line from one-third of the costa to the dorsal streak beyond the middle. There is a dark fuscous dot in the disc at two-thirds and the apical two-fifths of the wing are wholly fuscous, sprinkled with darker fuscous, and with a curved subterminal and hindmarginal series of obscure whitish marks. The hindwings are fuscous, darker towards the hindmargin. [2]

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References

  1. "Phylomictis Meyrick, 1890" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 75 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .