Thyrsostoma Diplobathra
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''Palumbina diplobathra'' 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 1918. 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
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
is 10–11 mm. The forewings are grey with strong violet-blue reflections and white markings. There is a narrow inwardly oblique fascia at one-third and a subtriangular spot in the disc at two-thirds, as well as a spot crossing the wing near the apex. The hindwings are grey.Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923)
''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 2 (4): 120.


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Moths described in 1918 Palumbina Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Thiotrichinae-stub