Synchalara argoplaca

Synchalara argoplaca is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Synchalara argoplaca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Synchalara
Species:
S. argoplaca
Binomial name
Synchalara argoplaca
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Agriophara argoplaca Meyrick, 1907

The wingspan is 25–28 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-brown, becoming whitish-fuscous towards the dorsum and termen. There is a broad white patch extending along the costa from near the base to three-fourths, and reaching nearly half across the wing, the posterior edge inwardly oblique and somewhat concave. There is also an interrupted dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous.[2]

References

  1. Synchalara at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17: 743 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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