Tricyphistis
| Tricyphistis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Tricyphistis Meyrick, 1934 |
| Species: | T. cyanorma |
| Binomial name | |
| Tricyphistis cyanorma Meyrick, 1934 | |
Tricyphistis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Tricyphistis cyanorma, which is found in Taiwan.[1]
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are chestnut-brown with costal and plical metallic-blue lines speckled blackish from the base to about the middle. There is a fine direct transverse silvery-white line beyond the middle and beyond this a fascia of metallic purplish suffusion, the apical remainder of the wing brown-blackish. There is a pre-marginal series of bright pale metallic-blue marks around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
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