Mesodica dryas

Mesodica dryas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Mesodica
Species: M. dryas
Binomial name
Mesodica dryas
(Diakonoff, 1950)
Synonyms
  • Meridarchis dryas Diakonoff, 1950

Mesodica dryas is a moth in the Carposinidae family. It is found in India (Assam).[1]

The wingspan is 19–28 mm. The forewings are glossy pale ochreous, with about six oblique transverse rows of raised sandy-brownish scales. The hindwings are pale ochreous-greyish, but brighter along the edge.[2]

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ The type specimens of certain oriental Eucos-midae and Carposinidae (Microlepidoptera) described by Edward Meyrick together with descriptions of new Eucosmidae and Carposinidae in the British Museum (Natural History)


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