Bursadella tyroplaca is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

Bursadella tyroplaca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Bursadella
Species:
B. tyroplaca
Binomial name
Bursadella tyroplaca
(Meyrick, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Imma tyroplaca Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is about 36 mm. The forewings are ochreous-yellow with a blackish costal line and a blackish line from the base above the middle to near one-third. The hindwings are blackish with a slender ochreous-yellow streak around the apex and upper two-thirds of the termen, broken into spots below the apex.[2]

References

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  1. ^ The Immidae (Lepidoptera) of Papua Indonesia
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3: 134   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.