Clerarcha dryinopa

Clerarcha dryinopa is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria.

Clerarcha dryinopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Clerarcha
Species:
C. dryinopa
Binomial name
Clerarcha dryinopa
Meyrick, 1890

Classification

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are white, irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with light ochreous and with light brownish-ochreous markings, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous. There is a moderate cloudy streak from the base beneath the costa to the apex. A rather broad streak is found along the inner margin from near the base to the anal angle, confluent with a small spot on the submedian fold before the middle. There is an irregular cloudy transverse streak from before two-thirds of the costa to the anal angle. A broader cloudy transverse streak, is angulated outwards above the middle, from three-fourths of the costa to the anal angle, where it coalesces with the preceding. There is also a cloudy streak around the apex and along the hindmargin. The hindwings are fuscous whitish, the terminal third suffused with fuscous, darker posteriorly.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (14 December 2013). "Clerarcha dryinopa Meyrick, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. McMillan, Ian (9 October 2010). " Clerarcha Meyrick, 1890". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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