Myconita lipara

Myconita lipara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Myconita
Species: M. lipara
Binomial name
Myconita lipara
Bradley, 1953

Myconita lipara is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by John David Bradley in 1953.[1] It is found in Fiji.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The costal two-thirds of the forewings is fuscous, while the dorsal third is pale ochreous. There are two small yellow-ochreous spots ringed with ferruginous at the middle of the forewing, as well as a blackish dash edged with ferruginous between them, and another after the distal-most spot. There is an irregular suffusion of yellow ochreous, mixed with ferruginous, as well as a pale yellow ochreous spot on the costa before the apex. The hindwings are shining grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Myconita lipara". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. Myconita at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 15 (1): 110


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