Plectophila eucrines
| Plectophila eucrines | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Plectophila |
| Species: | P. eucrines |
| Binomial name | |
| Plectophila eucrines (Turner, 1898) | |
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Plectophila eucrines is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Turner in 1898. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from and New South Wales and Queensland.
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are snow-white with the costal edge at the base fuscous. There is a broad ochreous-fuscous line from the base to the inner-margin at one-fifth. There is an outwardly curved ochreous-fuscous fascia from the costa at one-third to the inner-margin at two-fifths. There is a triangular ochreous-fuscous blotch on the hindmargin from the apex to the anal angle, ochreous-fuscous lines from the costa at three-fifths and four-fifths. The hindwings are grey.[2]
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