Mnesteria pharetrata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Mnesteria |
| Species: | M. pharetrata
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| Mnesteria pharetrata (Meyrick, 1905)
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The wingspan is 20–21 mm. The forewings are orange, lighter and more ochreous tinged towards the costa and with shining silvery-bronze markings. There is a spot on the base of the costa and a line along the submedian fold from rather near the base to beyond the middle of the wing, as well as a longitudinal discal line from beyond one-third to three-fifths, dilated at the extremities, and a longitudinal spot above its posterior extremity. There are six streaks on the veins starting from beyond three-fifths, and running to the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light yellowish fuscous in males and grey in females.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 7, 2013). "Mnesteria pharetrata (Meyrick, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 16 (4): 593.
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