Argyresthia lustralis

Argyresthia lustralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Argyresthiidae
Genus: Argyresthia
Species:
A. lustralis
Binomial name
Argyresthia lustralis
Meyrick, 1911

Argyresthia lustralis is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in the Seychelles (Mahé and Silhouette islands).[1]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The head, palpi and thorax are white, shoulders narrowly brownish. The forewings are brownish strigulated with blackish, with a broad snow-white streak occupying the dorsal half of the wing. Hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (03.Aug.2014
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. 1911d. Tortricina and Tineina. Results of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2)14(3):263–307. (on p.292-293)


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