Cynicocrates
| Cynicocrates | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| (unranked): | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Cynicocrates Meyrick, 1935 |
| Species: | C. tachytoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Cynicocrates tachytoma Meyrick, 1935 | |
Cynicocrates is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Cynicocrates tachytoma, which is found in Taiwan.[1]
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey with blackish-grey markings. There are cloudy spots on the costa at one-fourth, the middle, and two-thirds and two rather large cloudy spots representing the discal stigmata. There is also a strongly excurved series of cloudy spots from the costa at three-fourths very near the termen to the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]
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