Heterodeltis trichroa

Heterodeltis trichroa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Heterodeltis
Species:
H. trichroa
Binomial name
Heterodeltis trichroa
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Tipha trichroa Meyrick, 1906

Heterodeltis trichroa is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Description

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with the basal third dark purple fuscous. There is a triangular white blotch on the dorsum beyond one-fourth, reaching more than halfway across the wing and a cloudy ochreous-yellow dot on the costa before the middle, as well as a triangular ochreous-yellow patch extending along the costa from the middle to four-fifths, and reaching more than halfway across the wing. The hindwings are rather dark fuscous, in males with a subdorsal furrow throughout, filled with very long expansible pale fuscous hairs.[3]

References

  1. โ†‘ Insecta Koreana. Editorial Committee of Insecta Koreana. 1999.
  2. โ†‘ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 7, 2013). "Heterodeltis trichroa (Meyrick, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  3. โ†‘ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (1): 142. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.