Hyodectis
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Genus: | Hyodectis Meyrick, 1904
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Species: | H. crenoides
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Hyodectis crenoides Meyrick, 1904
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Hyodectis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It contains only one species, Hyodectis crenoides, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Victoria.[2]
The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The forewings are rather light brown, sometimes golden-tinged and with a rather broad straight shining white streak above the middle from the base to the apex, suffusedly edged beneath with dark fuscous, especially posteriorly. There is sometimes a white dot at three-fourths touching its lower edge and is also sometimes an undefined fine whitish almost terminal line. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous or pale fuscous.[3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hyodectis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ^ Hyodectis at funet
- ^ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 29 (2) : 411