Nealyda Panchromatica
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''Nealyda panchromatica'' 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 ...
of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in
Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
, India. The
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is about 10 mm. The forewings are iridescent dark golden bronzy fuscous with shining violet-leaden-metallic markings. There is a basal fascia, a rather curved narrow fascia at one-fourth, transverse spots on the costa at the middle and three-fourths, and one on the dorsum before the first of these. There is also an inwards-oblique streak from the tornus, nearly reaching the median costal spot, as well as a slender streak along the lower part of the termen. The hindwings are dark bronzy-fuscous.''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 3: 274.
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Moths described in 1926 Nealyda {{Anomologinae-stub