Brenthia salaconia

Brenthia salaconia is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on the Kai Islands of Indonesia.[1]

Brenthia salaconia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Brenthia
Species:
B. salaconia
Binomial name
Brenthia salaconia
Meyrick, 1910

This species has a wingspan of 9–11 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with an irregular straight whitish transverse streak before one-third and a transverse-oval discal spot outlined with white, surrounding which is an irregular whitish ring almost or quite touching the costa and dorsum. There is also a moderately broad blackish terminal fascia, edged anteriorly with whitish and preceded by a parallel whitish line, the upper extremity cut off so as to form two small spots, marked near the posterior edge with five violet-golden-metallic dots, of which two are in the two upper spots, and the upper spot also preceded by a small golden-violet spot. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a small obscure whitish spot in the middle of the disc and there is a transverse shining violet mark before the apex. On the lower two-thirds of the wing is a shining violet-white subterminal streak and a suffused orange terminal streak.[2]

References
  1. "choreutidae.lifedesks.org". Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
  2. Meyrick, 1910 Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. : 469 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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