Deltoplastis amicella

Deltoplastis amicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Deltoplastis
Species: D. amicella
Binomial name
Deltoplastis amicella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia amicella Walker, 1864
  • Gelechia obligatella Walker, 1864

Deltoplastis amicella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in India (Assam), Myanmar and Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm.[2] Adults are a cinereous (ash-grey) fawn colour, with narrow wings. The forewings are acute, with a large black cinereous-bordered spot on the interior border before the middle, and a short transverse streak of the same hue in the disc at two-thirds of the length. There is a blackish exterior band, which extends diffusedly to the streak on the inner side, and is bordered by a slightly undulating cinereous line on the outer side. The exterior border is very oblique.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Deltoplastis amicella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ Wu, C.-S. & K.-T. Park, 1998: Taxonomic review of the family Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) from Sri Lanka II. The subfamily Torodorinae: Genera Deltoplastis Meyrick, Hygroplasta Meyrick, and Antiochtha Walker. Insecta Koreana 15: 1-22. Full article:
  3. ↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 634


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