Heterodeltis trichroa is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Heterodeltis |
| Species: | H. trichroa
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterodeltis trichroa (Meyrick, 1906)
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Description
editThe wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with the basal third dark purple fuscous. There is a triangular white blotch on the dorsum beyond one-fourth, reaching more than halfway across the wing and a cloudy ochreous-yellow dot on the costa before the middle, as well as a triangular ochreous-yellow patch extending along the costa from the middle to four-fifths, and reaching more than halfway across the wing. The hindwings are rather dark fuscous, in males with a subdorsal furrow throughout, filled with very long expansible pale fuscous hairs.[3]
References
edit- ^ Insecta Koreana. Editorial Committee of Insecta Koreana. 1999.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 7, 2013). "Heterodeltis trichroa (Meyrick, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (1): 142.
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