Hoplomorpha teratopa

Hoplomorpha teratopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Hoplomorpha
Species:	H. teratopa
Binomial name
	Hoplomorpha teratopa; (Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
	Machimia teratopa Meyrick, 1920;

Hoplomorpha teratopa is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale grey irregularly irroratcd with dark grey and with a strong violet gloss, especially anteriorly. There is a very large deep fulvous semiovate dorsal patch sharply limited by a white rim, extending from one-fourth of the dorsum to near the tornus, and reaching two-thirds across the wing, the anterior end vertical and the posterior projecting angularly just over the tornus. There are two or three irregular blackish-grey dots following the posterior edge of this, as well as a blackish somewhat sinuate line from near two-thirds of the costa to near the middle of the termen, a short portion in the middle deep fulvous. The hindwings are grey-whitish with a broad suffused grey terminal fascia.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hoplomorpha teratopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
Hoplomorpha at funet
Exotic Microlep. 2 (10): 310

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hoplomorpha teratopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[2] Hoplomorpha at funet

[3] Exotic Microlep. 2 (10): 310