Tonica argessa

Tonica argessa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Tonica
Species:	T. argessa
Binomial name
Tonica argessa Diakonoff, 1967

Tonica argessa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1967.[1] It is found on Luzon in the Philippines.[2]

The wingspan is 30–32 mm. The forewings are white with a creamy tinge. The upper half is sparsely strewn with sordid pale ochreous-greyish dots and a few dark brown minute scales. There is a transverse almost straight crest of raised scales, mixed with sordid pale ochreous greyish and tawny, becoming slightly broader downwards, from the upper edge of the cell to the middle of the fold and a minute ochreous-greyish tuft on the base of vein six. There is also a straight streak of less glossy scales well before termen. The hindwings are yellowish white, with a silky gloss.[3]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Tonica argessa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
2. "Tonica Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
3. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 257: 184 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.