Hygroplasta lygaea

Hygroplasta lygaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Hygroplasta
Species:	H. lygaea
Binomial name
	Hygroplasta lygaea; (Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
	Pachnistis lygaea Meyrick, 1911;

Hygroplasta lygaea is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Kashmir and Nepal.^[1]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish bronzy fuscous with the discal stigmata rather small, cloudy and blackish. The hindwings are dark fuscous.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (January 9, 2015). "Hygroplasta lygaea (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 707.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (January 9, 2015). "Hygroplasta lygaea (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[2] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 707.

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