Paraclada tricapna
| Paraclada tricapna | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Paraclada Meyrick, 1911 |
| Species: | P. tricapna |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraclada tricapna Meyrick, 1911 | |
Paraclada tricapna is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family, and the only species in the genus Paraclada. It was described by Meyrick in 1911 and is found on the Seychelles (Silhouette, North).[1][2]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochreous, sprinkled with light grey or fuscous and with three spots of dark grey suffusion on the costa at one-fifth, two-fifths and two-thirds, the first smallest. The plical stigma is faint and brownish, the second discal indicated by a small brownish tuft of scales. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey.[3]
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