Dacryphanes cyanastra

Dacryphanes cyanastra is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1907. It is found in India.[1]

Dacryphanes cyanastra
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Dacryphanes

Meyrick, 1907
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D. cyanastra
Binomial name
Dacryphanes cyanastra
Meyrick, 1907

The moth is 15–18 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with six indeterminate groups of blue-metallic or violet-metallic dots, sometimes surrounded by an indefinite cloudy paler suffusion. The hindwings are rather dark bronzy-fuscous, darker towards apex.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dacryphanes cyanastra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  2. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 18; p. 154


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