''Ptochoryctis galbanea'' is a

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in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found

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

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is 30–32 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, with a faint purplish or orchreous gloss and with the extreme costal edge ochreous whitish. The hindwings are dark fuscous.''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. 22 (4): 778.

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Moths described in 1914 Ptochoryctis {{Autostichinae-stub