Tanycyttara
| Tanycyttara | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Tanycyttara Turner, 1933 |
| Species: | T. xanthamochla |
| Binomial name | |
| Tanycyttara xanthomochla Turner, 1933 | |
Tanycyttara is a monotypic genus of Australian moths in the family Gelechiidae containing the sole species Tanycyttara xanthomochla, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are pale yellow with the dorsal area suffused with fuscous and with a fuscous streak from the base along the fold to the tornus and a fuscous costal streak from the base to the middle, its apex connected by an oblique streak with a dark fuscous V-shaped mark resting on the tornus. There is also a broad dark fuscous marginal line on the posterior one-fourth of the costa and tornus. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]
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