Mnesteria pharetrata
| Mnesteria pharetrata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Mnesteria |
| Species: | M. pharetrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Mnesteria pharetrata (Meyrick, 1905) | |
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Mnesteria pharetrata is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is 20-21 mm. The forewings are orange, lighter and more ochreous-tinged towards the costa and with shining silvery-bronze markings. There is a spot on the base of the costa and a line along the submedian fold from rather near the base to beyond the middle of the wing, as well as a longitudinal discal line from beyond one-third to three-fifths, dilated at the extremities, and a longitudinal spot above its posterior extremity. There are six streaks on the veins starting from beyond three-fifths, and running to the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light yellowish-fuscous in males and grey in females.[2]