''Trypherantis atelogramma'' 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
Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus ''Trypherantis''. Genus and species were described by
Edward Meyrick in 1907 and are found in
India
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.
The
wingspan
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is 24–26 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous with all veins marked by rather irregular lines of blackish irroration, broadly obsolete towards the base and ceasing abruptly near the other margins, the streak of the transverse vein more or less dilated. There is an interrupted blackish line around the apex and termen. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous with a terminal series of fuscous marks.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (3): 740
References
Xyloryctidae
Monotypic moth genera
Xyloryctidae genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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