Tonica cyanodoxa

Last updated

Tonica cyanodoxa
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Tonica
Species:
T. cyanodoxa
Binomial name
Tonica cyanodoxa
Meyrick, 1924

Tonica cyanodoxa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1924. [1] It is found on New Guinea. [2]

The wingspan is 41–44 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with several large ochreous-whitish tufts partly representing the stigmata and a curved subterminal series of smaller tufts. There is an irregular triangular patch of dark indigo blue on the basal fourth of the costa, including one or two spots of ground colour. The costal edge is suffused with ochreous orange to the apex. The hindwings are blackish grey, the costal fourth light ochreous. [3]

Related Research Articles

<i>Batrachedra eucola</i> Moth species in family Batrachedridae

Batrachedra eucola is a species of moth in the family Batrachedridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and found both the North and South Islands. This species frequents scrubland habitat and is on the wing in January and February. B. eucola can be easily distinguished from its close relatives as it larger in size, has a pronounced palpi tuft and has full neuration of its hindwings.

<i>Tonica</i> (moth) Genus of moths

Tonica is a genus of moths of the family Depressariidae.

Microcolona arizela is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Tasmania.

Tonica argessa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1967. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines.

Tonica lagaropis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines.

Tonica malthacodes is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found on New Guinea.

Tonica senescens is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on New Guinea.

<i>Thambotricha</i> Genus of moths

Thambotricha is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Epermeniidae. Its sole known species, Thambotricha vates, is also known by the vernacular name wonder-haired prophet. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species is classified as "At Risk, Naturally Uncommon" by the Department of Conservation.

Dichomeris explicata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found on New Hanover Island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea.

Eunebristis cinclidias is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in French Guiana.

Hypatima arignota is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in the Indian state of Assam, Myanmar, Thailand and possibly Taiwan.

Hypatima euplecta is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

Hypatima meliptila is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Papua New Guinea, where it has been recorded from New Ireland.

Pessograptis cancellata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana.

Compsosaris flavidella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama.

Aristotelia ptilastis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Western Cape.

Tisis polemarcha is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found on Borneo and Sabah.

Heteralcis bathroptila is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Assam, India.

Chlamydastis batrachopis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Peru.

Imma trichinota is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Sulawesi and Bali.

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tonica cyanodoxa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 28, 2014). "Tonica cyanodoxa Meyrick, 1924". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (4): 105. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.