Apiletria tripleura

Apiletria tripleura is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in the western Himalayas.[1]

Apiletria tripleura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Apiletria
Species:
A. tripleura
Binomial name
Apiletria tripleura
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Xystoceros tripleura Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are grey suffusedly mixed with light ochreous yellowish, and towards the apex mixed with white. There is a narrow white costal streak from the base to near the apex and a white streak in the disc from one-fourth to the termen, attenuated to a point anteriorly, becoming bifurcate posteriorly. There is also a white streak along the submedian fold from the base to the torus. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (August 24, 2014). "Apiletria tripleura (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (8): 253. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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