Metathrinca parabola
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| Species: | M. parabola
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| Metathrinca parabola (Meyrick, 1914)
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Metathrinca parabola is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in southern India.[1]
The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are silvery-white with the costal edge dark-fuscous towards the base and the dorsal area tinged with ochreous. There is a submarginal series of blackish dots around the apex and termen, that between veins 5 and 6 is absent, one on each side of this minute, one above the apex and two nearest the tornus large. The hindwings are ochreous-white.[2]
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