Hypercallia rhodosarca

Hypercallia rhodosarca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Hypercallia
Species:	H. rhodosarca
Binomial name
	Hypercallia rhodosarca; (Walsingham, 1912)
Synonyms
	Cryptolechia rhodosarca Walsingham, 1912;

Hypercallia rhodosarca is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Guatemala and Bolivia.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are bright rosy red, much reticulated at the base and towards the apex with bright golden yellow, which forms a series of about eight subterminal spots around the apex. A bright rosy purple suffusion covering the dorsum, except its basal fourth, extends upward across the cell nearly to the costa, its inner edge being marked on the cell by a round silvery white spot, a small white dot lying at its outer edge on the end of the cell - this suffusion is not clearly defined, but blends with the ground colour towards the termen. The hindwings are rosy pink.[2]

References

"Hypercallia Stephens, 1829" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 125

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[1] "Hypercallia Stephens, 1829" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

[2] Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 125