Tiquadra nucifraga

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Tiquadra nucifraga
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T. nucifraga
Binomial name
Tiquadra nucifraga
Meyrick, 1919

Tiquadra nucifraga is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from Colombia.

Description

This species has a wingspan of about 33 millimetres (1.3 in). [1] The forewings are light brownish strewn with coarse dark fuscous transverse strigulae sprinkled blackish. Irregular rather dark fuscous suffusion occupies most of antemedian area and forms large blotches on the costa beyond the middle and posterior halt of the dorsum. There is a small dark fuscous spot near before the apex. The hindwings are rather light fuscous. [2]

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