Synchalara argoplaca
Synchalara argoplaca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Synchalara |
Species: | S. argoplaca |
Binomial name | |
Synchalara argoplaca (Meyrick, 1907) | |
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Synchalara argoplaca is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is 25-28 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-brown, becoming whitish-fuscous towards the dorsum and termen. There is a broad white patch extending along the costa from near the base to three-fourths, and reaching nearly half across the wing, the posterior edge inwardly oblique and somewhat concave. There is also an interrupted dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous.[2]
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