''Apiletria tripleura'' is a

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

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. The

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is about 18 mm. The forewings are grey suffusedly mixed with light ochreous yellowish, and towards the apex mixed with white. There is a narrow white costal streak from the base to near the apex and a white streak in the disc from one-fourth to the termen, attenuated to a point anteriorly, becoming bifurcate posteriorly. There is also a white streak along the submedian fold from the base to the torus. The hindwings are grey.''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 1 (8): 253.

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Moths described in 1914 Apiletria Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Symmocinae-stub