Heteralcis tetraclina is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Heteralcis tetraclina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Heteralcis
Species:
H. tetraclina
Binomial name
Heteralcis tetraclina
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Timyra tetraclina Meyrick, 1906

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are yellowish orange with fuscous-purple markings. There is a small spot on the base of the costa and five narrow transverse fasciae, the first at one-sixth, rather inwardly oblique, the second at one-third, rather outwardly oblique, the third median, oblique, irregularly angulated or dilated, the fourth at three-fourths, irregular, the fifth terminal, meeting the fourth at the tornus. There is also a small discal spot beyond the third, sometimes connected with it. The hindwings are whitish ochreous in males, with the posterior third suffused with dark fuscous, with a deep groove along the fold containing a very long expansible whitish-ochreous hair-pencil. The hindwings of the females are grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 30, 2016). "Heteralcis tetraclina (Meyrick, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (1): 143.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.