Deuterotinea instabilis

Deuterotinea instabilis is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1924.[1] It is found on Cyprus.[2]

Deuterotinea instabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eriocottidae
Genus:
Deuterotinea
Species:
D. instabilis
Binomial name
Deuterotinea instabilis
(Meyrick, 1924)
Synonyms
  • Taleporia instabilis Meyrick, 1924

The wingspan is 26–28 mm. The forewings are fuscous, brownish, or whitish fuscous, or fuscous suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with white, sometimes with scattered dark fuscous scales. The costa is dotted dark fuscous on the anterior half, posteriorly with four small dark fuscous spots, which are sometimes nearly obsolete. There is a variably developed thick irregular dark fuscous streak from the base beneath the cell to the end, thence directed upwards towards the costa before the apex and sometimes reaching the fourth costal spot, sometimes sharply marked. Sometimes, there are two or three dark fuscous marginal dots around the tornus. The hindwings are light or pale grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Deuterotinea instabilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3: 75.


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