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Teucrodoxa spiculifera

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Teucrodoxa spiculifera
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T. spiculifera
Binomial name
Teucrodoxa spiculifera
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Mnestria spiculifera Meyrick, 1918

Teucrodoxa spiculifera is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 20-22 mm. The forewings are ochreous-yellow in males and ochreous-orange in females. The markings shining leaden-grey-metallic, edged with some black scales. There is an elongate spot on the base of the costa and elongate marks in the disc at one-fifth and beyond the middle. There is a somewhat oblique transverse line at two-fifths. On posterior two-fifths, a series of more or less developed longitudinal lines is found between the veins. The hindwings of the males are blackish-grey, suffused whitish-ochreous on the anterior three-fifths except towards the margins. The hindwings of the females are grey.[2]

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