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Heteralcis holocona

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Heteralcis holocona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Heteralcis
Species:
H. holocona
Binomial name
Heteralcis holocona
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Timyra holocona Meyrick, 1908

Heteralcis holocona is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, faintly purplish tinged and with a yellowish basal dot. There are two irregular inwardly oblique pale yellowish transverse lines before and beyond one-fourth and a triangular ochreous-yellow blotch on the costa beyond the middle, reaching more than halfway across the wing, as well as a yellow dot in the disc beyond the apex of this. The hindwings are dark fuscous, with a submedian groove containing an expansible pencil of very long whitish-ochreous hairs.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 30, 2016). "Heteralcis holocona (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 446. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.