Hoplomorpha notatana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Hoplomorpha |
| Species: | H. notatana
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoplomorpha notatana (Walker, 1863)
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Hoplomorpha notatana is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
The wingspan is 19–25 mm. The forewings are whitish grey, irregularly suffused with dark-fuscous scales. The basal one-third of the costa, apex and upper half of the hindmargin are dark fuscous and there is a very large semicircular purplish-fuscous blotch extending on the inner-margin from one-fifth nearly to the anal angle reaching two-thirds across the disc, its anterior margin rounded, its posterior margin straighter, more oblique, and acutely angled just above the anal angle. There are also two small purplish-fuscous dots in the disc posterior to the summit of the dorsal blotch. The posterior portion of the disc is more or less suffused with fuscous, with a paler line first oblique, then parallel to the hindmargin. The hindwings are pale ochreous, the apex suffused with fuscous.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hoplomorpha notatana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Hoplomorpha notatana (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 8
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