Indiospastus
| Indiospastus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Indiospastus Gozmány, 1967 |
| Species: | I. epenthetica |
| Binomial name | |
| Indiospastus epenthetica (Meyrick, 1931) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Indiospastus is a moth genus in the family Autostichidae. It contains the species Indiospastus epenthetica, which is found in India (Sikkim).[1]
The wingspan is 13-15 mm. The forewings are whitish speckled dark fusccus, the markings grey irrorated dark fuscous or blackish. There is a small spot on the base of the costa and small spots representing the stigmata, the plical slightly beyond the first discal, the second discal transverse or transversely double, an additional spot beyond and above the plical usually confluent with it, and another between the discal. There is a larger spot on the costa beyond the second discal and an undefined spot of suffusion on the tornus. A series of irregular dots is found around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]