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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Apiletria |
| Species: | A. tripleura |
| Binomial name | |
| Apiletria tripleura (Meyrick, 1914) | |
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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
- Savela, Markku (August 24, 2014). "Apiletria tripleura (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (8): 253.
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