Dextella khaoyaiana is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in central Thailand.
| Dextella khaoyaiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Dextella |
| Species: | D. khaoyaiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Dextella khaoyaiana Fibiger, 2011
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The wingspan is about 11.5 mm. The forewings are short, relatively narrow and beige. The postmedial line is suffused with many brown scales on the distal side. There are blackish-brown patches basally on the costa and also in the upper medial and terminal areas. The crosslines are weakly marked and light brown. The terminal line is indicated by black-brown interveinal dots. The hindwing ground colour is grey with a well-marked discal spot.
References edit
- Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.