Brenthia spintheristis

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

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

This species has a wingspan of 11–12 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with an obscure cloudy straight thick transverse streak of whitish irroration at one-fourth, sometimes little marked. A large undefined discal patch of pale violet-golden-metallic irroration is found above the middle reaching to the costa and there is a moderately broad pre-terminal blackish fascia obscurely edged all around with whitish suffusion, the upper end cut off to form a separate spot, marked near the posterior edge with five pale violet-golden-metallic dots, of which one is in the upper spot. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a small cloudy whitish spot in the disc before the middle and a thick whitish transverse streak at three-fourths abruptly constricted near each extremity. There is also a whitish submarginal line, touching the termen in the middle, towards the upper extremity attenuated and suffused with golden-violet, not quite reaching the costa.[2]

References

"Choreutidae". choreutidae.lifedesks.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
London, Royal Entomological Society of (2000-01-01). "Transactions of the Entomological Society of London". 1910. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] "Choreutidae". choreutidae.lifedesks.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2016-08-05.

[2] London, Royal Entomological Society of (2000-01-01). "Transactions of the Entomological Society of London". 1910. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.