Tonica malthacodes

Tonica malthacodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Tonica
Species: T. malthacodes
Binomial name
Tonica malthacodes
Meyrick, 1914

Tonica malthacodes is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in New Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, the costal edge infuscated towards one-fourth and the plical stigma represented by a large tuft of scales. There are three or four dots of raised fuscous and dark fuscous scales beneath the costa posteriorly and the apical edge is infuscated. The hindwings are whitish.[3]

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