Dragmatucha bivia

Dragmatucha bivia is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Dragmatucha bivia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Dragmatucha
Species:
D. bivia
Binomial name
Dragmatucha bivia
Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a nearly straight whitish-ochreous transverse streak at one-fourth and a nearly straight whitish-ochreous line from the costa near the apex to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the apex and with a small ochreous-white spot on the costa near the apex, where a cloudy whitish line runs near the termen to below its middle.[3]

References
  1. "Dragmatucha". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Ann. Transv. Mus. 6 (2) : 25


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