Issikiopteryx sphaeristis

Issikiopteryx sphaeristis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in southern India.[1]

Issikiopteryx sphaeristis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Issikiopteryx
Species:
I. sphaeristis
Binomial name
Issikiopteryx sphaeristis
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Timyra sphaeristis Meyrick, 1908
  • Olbothrepta sphaeristis

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are ochreous-yellow with a dark fuscous basal median dot and a moderate oblique fuscous fascia from near the costa at one-fourth to the middle of the dorsum, as well as a round fuscous blotch resting on the dorsum before the tornus and reaching four-fifths across the wing. There is also a triangular patch of fuscous suffusion resting on the termen. The hindwings are pale whitish-yellowish, in males with the basal half mostly occupied by a patch of modified brownish scales, including a long expansible pencil of brown hairs from the base in a submedian groove.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Olbothrepta at funet
  2. ^ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18 (2): 450  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.