Clerarcha dryinopa
| Clerarcha dryinopa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Clerarcha |
| Species: | C. dryinopa |
| Binomial name | |
| Clerarcha dryinopa Meyrick, 1890 | |
Clerarcha dryinopa is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria.
Classification
[edit]The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are white, irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with light ochreous and with light brownish-ochreous markings, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous. There is a moderate cloudy streak from the base beneath the costa to the apex. A rather broad streak is found along the inner margin from near the base to the anal angle, confluent with a small spot on the submedian fold before the middle. There is an irregular cloudy transverse streak from before two-thirds of the costa to the anal angle. A broader cloudy transverse streak, is angulated outwards above the middle, from three-fourths of the costa to the anal angle, where it coalesces with the preceding. There is also a cloudy streak around the apex and along the hindmargin. The hindwings are fuscous whitish, the terminal third suffused with fuscous, darker posteriorly.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Savela, Markku (14 December 2013). "Clerarcha dryinopa Meyrick, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ↑ McMillan, Ian (9 October 2010). " Clerarcha Meyrick, 1890". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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