Deltoplastis tetradelta
| Deltoplastis tetradelta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Deltoplastis |
| Species: | D. tetradelta |
| Binomial name | |
| Deltoplastis tetradelta (Meyrick, 1906) | |
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Deltoplastis tetradelta is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochreous suffused with ochreous-whitish. The base of the costa, and an oblique costal strigula before the middle are dark fuscous and there is a triangular dark fuscous blotch, edged with ochreous-whitish, extending on the dorsum from one-fifth to beyond the middle, and reaching three-fourths across the wing. There is a similar blotch extending along the costa from the middle to four-fifths, and nearly reaching to the dorsum, as well as a fine dark fuscous terminal line, shortly continued and stronger above the apex. The hindwings are light fuscous.[2]
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