Palinorsa acritomorpha
Appearance
Palinorsa acritomorpha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Palinorsa |
Species: | P. acritomorpha
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Binomial name | |
Palinorsa acritomorpha Clarke, 1964
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Palinorsa acritomorpha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Clarke in 1964. It is found in Peru.[1]
The wingspan is 33–36 mm. The forewings are cinnamon with the extreme costa, before the apex, whitish. There is a small fuscous spot in the cell at one-third and an ill-defined transverse fuscous bar at the end of the cell. On each side of vein Ic, opposite the base of vein 2, there is a buff spot narrowly edged with fuscous and the dorsum and termen are narrowly fuscous. The hindwings are semi-hyaline whitish.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Palinorsa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 116 (3502): 203 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.