Heliocausta floridula
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Heliocausta |
Species: | H. floridula
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Binomial name | |
Heliocausta floridula Meyrick, 1913
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Heliocausta floridula is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia,[2] New South Wales and Victoria.
The wingspan is 25–35 mm. The forewings are rosy grey or dull rosy with a narrow bright rosy costal line. The extreme edge is whitish except towards the base. The stigmata is reddish, usually minute or more often absent. The hindwings are pale yellow.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Heliocausta floridula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (31 December 2013). "Heliocausta floridula Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 70 (3-4): 110. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.