''Synchalara minax'' is a

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in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in

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). The

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is 22–25 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous tinged with brownish and irrorated with fuscous. The basal fourth of the costa suffused with dark fuscous. There is a very indistinct irregular line of fuscous suffusion from the costa at one-fourth to the dorsum before the middle. There is a broad oblique fascia of dark fuscous suffusion, sharply defined and pale-edged anteriorly, very undefined posteriorly, from the costa about the middle, reaching more than half across the wing. A suffused fuscous curved line is found from the costa about three-fourths, almost obsolete on the dorsal half. There is also a marginal row of blackish dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are pale grey.Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 18: 151

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Synchalara Moths described in 1907 Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Xyloryctidae-stub