Deltoplastis amicella

Deltoplastis amicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Deltoplastis
Species:	D. amicella
Binomial name
	Deltoplastis amicella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Gelechia amicella Walker, 1864; Gelechia obligatella Walker, 1864;

Deltoplastis amicella is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in India (Assam), Burma and Sri Lanka.^[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm.^[2] Adults are cinereous fawn-colour, with narrow wings. The forewings are acute, with a large black cinereous-bordered spot on the interior border before the middle, and a short transverse streak of the same hue in the disc at two-thirds of the length. There is a blackish exterior band, which extends diffusedly to the streak on the inner side, and is bordered by a slightly undulating cinereous line on the outer side. The exterior border is very oblique.^[3]

References

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^ Wu, C.-S. & K.-T. Park, 1998: Taxonomic review of the family Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) from Sri Lanka II. The subfamily Torodorinae: Genera Deltoplastis Meyrick, Hygroplasta Meyrick, and Antiochtha Walker. Insecta Koreana 15: 1-22. Full article: [1].
^ List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 29: 634

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[2] Wu, C.-S. & K.-T. Park, 1998: Taxonomic review of the family Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) from Sri Lanka II. The subfamily Torodorinae: Genera Deltoplastis Meyrick, Hygroplasta Meyrick, and Antiochtha Walker. Insecta Koreana 15: 1-22. Full article: [1].

[3] List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 29: 634

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