Endotricha unicolor

Endotricha unicolor is a species of snout moth in the genus Endotricha. It is found in China (Tibet).[1]

Endotricha unicolor
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Endotricha
Species:
E. unicolor
Binomial name
Endotricha unicolor
Li, 2012

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are brown, irrorated with purple reddish brown scales throughout in females and from the base to the antemedian line in males. The hindwings are yellowish grey, tinged with black distally.

Etymology

This specific name is from the Latin prefix uni- (meaning unitary) and the Latin postfix -color (meaning color) and refers to the hindwing without distinct patterns.

gollark: Redstonet was slow enough. We used it for communication between the TSS Explorer and GSS It's Technically A Starship Okay.
gollark: I'm thinking one bit per second.
gollark: ToggleNet, as we could call it, could be just like Redstonet but even more glacially slow.
gollark: Except the maximum length is variable... aaaa.
gollark: SignNet could use code adapted from LabelNet, I guess.

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