Metathrinca sinumbra
| Metathrinca sinumbra | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Species: | M. sinumbra
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| Binomial name | |
| Metathrinca sinumbra Diakonoff, [1968]
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Metathrinca sinumbra is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1968. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines.[1]
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are glossy snow white, with the edge of the costa along the basal sixth very narrowly dark brown. The hindwings are snow white, thinner scaled.[2]
References[]
- ^ Metathrinca Meyrick, 1908 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ Bulletin of the United States National Museum 257: 119
Categories:
- Metathrinca
- Moths described in 1968
- Xyloryctidae stubs