Trachycentra calamias

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Trachycentra calamias
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Trachycentra
Species:
T. calamias
Binomial name
Trachycentra calamias
Meyrick, 1886 [1]

Trachycentra calamias is a moth of the family Tineidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia and Tonga. [2]

The wingspan is 27–32 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, slightly brownish tinged, suffused with ochreous whitish towards the costa and the hind margin. There are faint indications of numerous small brownish-ochreous spots and two small tufts of raised black-tipped scales on the submedian fold before and beyond the middle. There are also some blackish scales forming an obscure X-shaped mark in the disc beyond the middle. The hindwings are fuscous grey, with a whitish apex. [3]

The larvae have been recorded feeding in the tops of coconut trees. [4]

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References

  1. Robinson, Gaden S. [2011]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2015.
  2. PaDIL
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1886). "Descriptions of Lepidoptera from the South Pacific". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1886: 288–289 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. Some Injurious Insects in Samoa Which Do Not Occur in the Hawaiian Islands