Ptilothyris neuroplaca
Ptilothyris neuroplaca is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1933. It is found in Zambia.[1][2]
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are ochreous yellow with blackish markings. There is an irregular ill-defined more or less interrupted narrow subbasal fascia and a very broad transverse band from before the middle to five-sixths defined by more or less expressed blackish interneural streaks, leaving strong ochreous-yellow lines on the veins. There is a subterminal streak of suffusion towards the tornus only. The hindwings are blackish grey, with a whitish-ochreous ante-apical mark.[3]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Ptilothyris neuroplaca (Meyrick, 1933)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Ptilothyris neuroplaca (Meyrick, 1933)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (11): 359.
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