Tineovertex melliflua

Tineovertex melliflua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Tineovertex
Species:	T. melliflua
Binomial name
	Tineovertex melliflua; (Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
	Tinea melliflua Meyrick, 1911; Tineovertex melliflua Robinson & Tuck 1996;

Tineovertex melliflua is a moth of the Tineidae family.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.^[2]

It can be identified from other members of the genus by saccus shaped like an elongate triangle, elongate-spatulate valva and wedge-shaped uncus. Adult wingspan is 6.5–7.0 mm. In male, head whitish. Termen yellowish white. Costa with a broad irregular black streak runs from base to near apex. There is a narrow and nearly straight black streak runs from dorsum base to apex. This streak separates creamy-white and yellowish white areas. Hindwing yellowish brown. Female is not observed. They are normally found during September.^[3]

References

↑ "Species Details : Tineovertex melliflua (Meyrick, 1911)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
↑ "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Academia. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
↑ "A revision of the genus Tineovertex Moriuti (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tineidae), with descriptions of five new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

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[1] "Species Details : Tineovertex melliflua (Meyrick, 1911)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[2] "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Academia. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[3] "A revision of the genus Tineovertex Moriuti (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tineidae), with descriptions of five new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. Retrieved 28 March 2018.