| Tiquadra pontifica | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Tiquadra |
| Species: | T. pontifica
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| Binomial name | |
| Tiquadra pontifica
Meyrick, 1919
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Tiquadra pontifica is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from French Guiana
This species has a wingspan of about 22 mm. [1] The forewings are whitish grey, the markings dark grey mixed with blackish. There is a mark on the base of the costa and a transverse fascia of irregular strigulation or marbling at one-third, where a bar runs below the middle to the base, and another bar in the middle to a large irregular patch of similar marbling occupying nearly the apical third of the wing and partially suffused brownish. The hindwings are dark grey. [2]
References
- ^ Gates-Clarke. The types of Micro-Lepidoptera described by E. Meyrick, Vol.8- Pl.53
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Exotic Microlep. 2: 276
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| Tiquadra pontifica | |
|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Tiquadra |
| Species: | T. pontifica
|
| Binomial name | |
| Tiquadra pontifica
Meyrick, 1919
| |
Tiquadra pontifica is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from French Guiana
This species has a wingspan of about 22 mm. [1] The forewings are whitish grey, the markings dark grey mixed with blackish. There is a mark on the base of the costa and a transverse fascia of irregular strigulation or marbling at one-third, where a bar runs below the middle to the base, and another bar in the middle to a large irregular patch of similar marbling occupying nearly the apical third of the wing and partially suffused brownish. The hindwings are dark grey. [2]
References
- ^ Gates-Clarke. The types of Micro-Lepidoptera described by E. Meyrick, Vol.8- Pl.53
-
^
Exotic Microlep. 2: 276 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
|
| This Tineidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |