Mesodica dryas

Mesodica dryas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Carposinidae
Genus:	Mesodica
Species:	M. dryas
Binomial name
	Mesodica dryas; (Diakonoff, 1950)
Synonyms
	Meridarchis dryas Diakonoff, 1950;

Mesodica dryas is a moth in the Carposinidae family. It is found in India (Assam).^[1]

The wingspan is 19–28 mm. The forewings are glossy pale ochreous, with about six oblique transverse rows of raised sandy-brownish scales. The hindwings are pale ochreous-greyish, but brighter along the edge.^[2]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mesodica dryas". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
^ The type specimens of certain oriental Eucos-midae and Carposinidae (Microlepidoptera) described by Edward Meyrick together with descriptions of new Eucosmidae and Carposinidae in the British Museum (Natural History)

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mesodica dryas". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.

[2] The type specimens of certain oriental Eucos-midae and Carposinidae (Microlepidoptera) described by Edward Meyrick together with descriptions of new Eucosmidae and Carposinidae in the British Museum (Natural History)

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