Tonica melanoglypha

Tonica melanoglypha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1966.[1] It is found on Java.[2]

Tonica melanoglypha
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T. melanoglypha
Binomial name
Tonica melanoglypha
Diakonoff, 1966

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are creamy, partially finely dusted with pale greyish fuscous, not dusted towards the costa anteriorly and between the veins elsewhere. The dorsal area below the fold is evenly suffused with pale greyish fuscous. The markings are blackish brown. The hindwings are creamy white, the apex slightly bent down, narrowly edged with a short black strigula.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tonica melanoglypha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. "Tonica Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  3. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 109 (3): 79


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