Synchalara argoplaca

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Synchalara argoplaca
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S. argoplaca
Binomial name
Synchalara argoplaca
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Agriophara argoplacaMeyrick, 1907

Synchalara argoplaca is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Sri Lanka. [1]

The wingspan is 25–28 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-brown, becoming whitish-fuscous towards the dorsum and termen. There is a broad white patch extending along the costa from near the base to three-fourths, and reaching nearly half across the wing, the posterior edge inwardly oblique and somewhat concave. There is also an interrupted dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous. [2]

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References

  1. Synchalara at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17: 743