Malacognostis termatias

Malacognostis termatias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Malacognostis
Meyrick, 1926
Species: M. termatias
Binomial name
Malacognostis termatias
Meyrick, 1926

Malacognostis termatias is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family, and the only species in the genus Malacognostis. It was described by Meyrick in 1926 and is found on Borneo.[1]

The wingspan is about 29 mm. The forewings are glossy white with a terminal series of slight elongate dark grey marks. The hindwings are white.[2]

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