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Hyperochtha butyropa

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Hyperochtha butyropa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Hyperochtha
Species:
H. butyropa
Binomial name
Hyperochtha butyropa
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Onebala butyropa Meyrick, 1910

Hyperochtha butyropa is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish fuscous with the basal area darker purplish fuscous, its margin formed by an irregular line from two-fifths of the costa to two-thirds of the dorsum. The stigmata are cloudy, blackish and indistinct, the first discal lying on the edge of this patch and the plical rather obliquely before it. There is a pale ochreous-yellowish dot on the costa at five-sixths. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 31, 2014). "Hyperochtha butyropa (Meyrick, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (2): 458. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.