Deltoplastis Tetradelta
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''Deltoplastis tetradelta'' is a moth in the family
Lecithoceridae The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of th ...
. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous suffused with ochreous whitish. The base of the costa, and an oblique costal strigula before the middle are dark fuscous and there is a triangular dark fuscous blotch, edged with ochreous whitish, extending on the dorsum from one-fifth to beyond the middle, and reaching three-fourths of the way across the wing. There is a similar blotch extending along the costa from the middle to four-fifths, and nearly reaching to the dorsum, as well as a fine dark fuscous terminal line, shortly continued and stronger above the apex. The hindwings are light fuscous.''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. 17 (1): 150.


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Moths described in 1906 Deltoplastis Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Torodorinae-stub