Diplogrypa
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Genus: | Diplogrypa Common, 1997
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Species: | D. microptera
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Diplogrypa microptera (Turner, 1916)
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Diplogrypa is a genus of moths of the Oecophoridae family. It contains only one species, Diplogrypa microptera which was described by Turner in 1916[1] and is found Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, sparsely irrorated with fuscous and with a discal dot at two-fifth, a second beneath it on the fold and a third at three-fifth. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish, at the apex tinged with fuscous.[3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microptera group microptera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Parocystola at funet
- ^ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 41 (2) : 372