Hyptiastis clematias
| Hyptiastis clematias | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Hyptiastis |
| Species: | H. clematias |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyptiastis clematias Meyrick, 1911 | |
Hyptiastis clematias is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in southern India.[1]
The wingspan is 17-19 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe from the base to the tornus, in the middle with a broad triangular prominence reaching half across the wing, before the tornus with another triangular projection which is more or less suffused posteriorly. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous, deeper-tinged and with somewhat modified scales towards the base, veins 6 and 7 and a streak along the posterior two-thirds of the costa and apical portion of the termen are suffusedly dark fuscous, in females light grey, the dorsum suffused with whitish-ochreous and dark markings indicated as in males, but indistinct.[2]