Paralecta tinctoria

Paralecta tinctoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Paralecta
Species:	P. tinctoria
Binomial name
	Paralecta tinctoria; (T. P. Lucas, 1894)
Synonyms
	Xylorycta tinctoria T. P. Lucas, 1894;

Paralecta tinctoria is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1894. It is found in Australia,^[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 24–26 mm. The forewings are creamy white, the costa light, with a patch near the base reddish grey, a patch on the inner margin in the second and third fourth ferruginous red, more or less suffused or tinted into ground colour toward the costa at the apex. There is a fine inconspicuous line at three-fourths. The hindwings are creamy white.^[2]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku (11 December 2013). "Paralecta tinctoria (Lucas, 1894)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. (2) 8 (2): 163.

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[1] Savela, Markku (11 December 2013). "Paralecta tinctoria (Lucas, 1894)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[2] Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. (2) 8 (2): 163.

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