Athrinacia xanthographa

Athrinacia xanthographa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Athrinacia
Species: A. xanthographa
Binomial name
Athrinacia xanthographa
Walsingham, 1911

Athrinacia xanthographa is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1911. It is found in Mexico, where it has been recorded from Guerrero.[1]

The wingspan is 13-14 mm. The forewings are lilac-grey, with pale yellow bands and spots enclosing patches of yellowish brown these are distributed as follows: a yellow patch at the base is produced along the upper edge of the cell, emitting an ocelloid patch with brown centre which reaches to the dorsum at one-fourth, a central band of yellow encloses a small triangular brown spot on the costa and a larger dorsal spot slightly beyond it, a yellow spot lying between this and a third yellow band, crossing the wing before the costal cilia and enclosing an elongate brown patch and a small costal spot. Beyond this a brown costal spot occurs at the commencement of the costal cilia and is followed by a chain-like, wavy line, of brown around the apex and termen which is inwardly margined with yellow. A small yellow patch lies across the apical veins beyond the end of the cell, sometimes enclosing brown specks. The hindwings are pale greyish.[2]

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