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Metathrinca parabola

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Metathrinca parabola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Metathrinca
Species:
M. parabola
Binomial name
Metathrinca parabola
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Ptochryctis parabola Meyrick, 1914

Metathrinca parabola is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are silvery white with the costal edge dark fuscous towards the base and the dorsal area tinged with ochreous. There is a submarginal series of blackish dots around the apex and termen, that between veins 5 and 6 is absent, one on each side of this minute, one above the apex and two nearest the tornus large. The hindwings are ochreous white.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (August 27, 2014). "Metathrinca parabola (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (4): 778. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.