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Allotalanta synclera

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Allotalanta synclera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Allotalanta
Species:
A. synclera
Binomial name
Allotalanta synclera
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia synclera Meyrick, 1921

Allotalanta synclera is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in India (Kanara).[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm (0.87 in). The forewings are rather dark fuscous, darker and purplish-tinged towards the base. The hindwings are light grey, paler and thinly scaled towards the base and the veins darker. There is a small oval hyaline spot beneath the cell near the base.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Allotalanta synclera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (13): 394 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.