Taygete barydelta
Taygete barydelta is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Pará, Brazil.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Taygete |
| Species: | T. barydelta |
| Binomial name | |
| Taygete barydelta (Meyrick, 1923) | |
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The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are yellow whitish, scattered with black scales and with large blackish flattened-triangular spots on the costa near the base and at one-third and three-fifths, smaller blackish spots on the dorsum opposite the two posterior. There is also a triangular blackish apical spot. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2015). "Taygete barydelta (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 15.
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