''Hygroplasta canitiana'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
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 Chun-Sheng Wu and Kyu-Tek Park in 1998. 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
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is 13–15 mm. The forewings are ochreous grey, with a silky sheen. There are two dark brown discal spots at the middle and the end of the cell. The hindwings are grey.
Etymology
The species name is derived from Latin ''canitia'' (meaning grey).
[, 1998: Taxonomic review of the family ''Lecithoceridae'' (Lepidoptera) from Sri Lanka II. The subfamily ''Torodorinae'': Genera ''Deltoplastis'' Meyrick, ''Hygroplasta'' Meyrick, and ''Antiochtha'' Walker. ''Insecta Koreana'' 15: 1-22. Full article]
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References
Moths described in 1998
Hygroplasta
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