Synchalara argoplaca
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| Species: | S. argoplaca
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| Synchalara argoplaca (Meyrick, 1907)
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Synchalara argoplaca is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is 25–28 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-brown, becoming whitish-fuscous towards the dorsum and termen. There is a broad white patch extending along the costa from near the base to three-fourths, and reaching nearly half across the wing, the posterior edge inwardly oblique and somewhat concave. There is also an interrupted dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous.[2]
References
- ^ Synchalara at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17: 743