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Triclonella elliptica

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Triclonella elliptica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Triclonella
Species:
T. elliptica
Binomial name
Triclonella elliptica
Meyrick, 1916

Triclonella elliptica is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Guyana and Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The forewings are rather deep ochreous-bronze with a slightly incurved white line from two-thirds of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum, the area beyond this wholly blackish, finely irrorated with white except on a roundish blotch occupying the upper two-thirds of the termen. The terminal edge is finely white. The hindwings are grey becoming blackish-grey posteriorly, subhyaline in the cell and towards the base beneath the cell.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Triclonella elliptica​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Exot. Microlep. 1 (17): 543 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.