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Holcopogon robustus

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Holcopogon robustus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Holcopogon
Species:
H. robustus
Binomial name
Holcopogon robustus
(Butler, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus robustus Butler, 1883
  • Epistomotis penessa Meyrick, 1906

Holcopogon robustus is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 14–20 mm. The forewings are brownish ochreous or fuscous, irrorated (speckled) with white. The stigmata are dark fuscous, suffused, the discal more or less distinct, the plical linear, indistinct, very obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are fuscous whitish.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Holcopogon robustus (Butler, 1883)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ^ Description of Epistomotis penessa in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17 (2): 416 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.