Heteralcis molybdantha

Heteralcis molybdantha is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Heteralcis molybdantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Heteralcis
Species:
H. molybdantha
Binomial name
Heteralcis molybdantha
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Timyra molybdantha Meyrick, 1908

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous sprinkled with black, with scattered ochreous hair-scales and thick bluish-leaden-metallic subcostal and narrower submedian streaks from the base to one-third, as well as an almost straight double antemedian fascia, the first half narrow, yellow ochreous, edged posteriorly with dark fuscous, the second half broader, bright bluish leaden metallic. Some irregular leaden-metallic spots are found in the disc about three-fourths and around the posterior third of the costa and termen, around the apex confluent into a streak. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a short subdorsal groove from the base, containing an expansible pencil of whitish ochreous hairs.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 30, 2016). "Heteralcis molybdantha (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 454.


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