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Trypherantis

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Trypherantis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Trypherantis
Meyrick, 1907
Species:
T. atelogramma
Binomial name
Trypherantis atelogramma
Meyrick, 1907

Trypherantis atelogramma is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Trypherantis. Genus and species were described by Edward Meyrick in 1907 and are found in India.[1]

The wingspan is 24–26 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous with all veins marked by rather irregular lines of blackish irroration, broadly obsolete towards the base and ceasing abruptly near the other margins, the streak of the transverse vein more or less dilated. There is an interrupted blackish line around the apex and termen. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous with a terminal series of fuscous marks.[2]

References

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  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (3): 740 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.