Taygete barydelta

Taygete barydelta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Autostichidae
Genus:	Taygete
Species:	T. barydelta
Binomial name
	Taygete barydelta; (Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
	Epithectis barydelta Meyrick, 1923;

Taygete barydelta is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Pará, Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are yellow whitish, scattered with black scales and with large blackish flattened-triangular spots on the costa near the base and at one-third and three-fifths, smaller blackish spots on the dorsum opposite the two posterior. There is also a triangular blackish apical spot. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2015). "Taygete barydelta (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 15.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2015). "Taygete barydelta (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 15.