Synchalara argoplaca

Synchalara argoplaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Synchalara
Species: S. argoplaca
Binomial name
Synchalara argoplaca
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Agriophara argoplaca Meyrick, 1907

Synchalara argoplaca is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 25-28 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-brown, becoming whitish-fuscous towards the dorsum and termen. There is a broad white patch extending along the costa from near the base to three-fourths, and reaching nearly half across the wing, the posterior edge inwardly oblique and somewhat concave. There is also an interrupted dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous.[2]

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