Amaloxestis callitricha
| Amaloxestis callitricha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Amaloxestis |
| Species: | A. callitricha |
| Binomial name | |
| Amaloxestis callitricha (Meyrick, 1910) | |
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Amaloxestis callitricha is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found in India (Assam).[1]
The wingspan is 20-21 mm. The forewings are light ochreous-yellowish, more or less sprinkled finely with fuscous. The discal stigmata are blackish and well-marked. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous, slightly greyish-tinged posteriorly, in males with a large and very long expansible pencil of light ochreous-yellowish hairs lying along the subdorsal fold from the base.[2]
References
- ↑ "Amaloxestis". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
- ↑ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2): 440
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