Metathrinca sinumbra

Metathrinca sinumbra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Metathrinca
Species: M. sinumbra
Binomial name
Metathrinca sinumbra
Diakonoff, [1968]

Metathrinca sinumbra is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Diakonoff in 1968. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are glossy snow white, with the edge of the costa along the basal sixth very narrowly dark brown. The hHindwings are snow white, thinner scaled.[2]

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