Hypercallia rhodosarca is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Guatemala and Bolivia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Hypercallia |
| Species: | H. rhodosarca
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypercallia rhodosarca (Walsingham, 1912)
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are bright rosy red, much reticulated at the base and towards the apex with bright golden yellow, which forms a series of about eight subterminal spots around the apex. A bright rosy purple suffusion covering the dorsum, except its basal fourth, extends upward across the cell nearly to the costa, its inner edge being marked on the cell by a round silvery white spot, a small white dot lying at its outer edge on the end of the cell - this suffusion is not clearly defined, but blends with the ground colour towards the termen. The hindwings are rosy pink.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Hypercallia Stephens, 1829" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 125
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