Deltoplastis balanitis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in southern India.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Deltoplastis |
| Species: | D. balanitis
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| Binomial name | |
| Deltoplastis balanitis (Meyrick, 1910)
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The wingspan is 26–27 mm. The forewings are fuscous partially tinged with whitish ochreous and with a small blackish-fuscous spot on the base of the costa, as well as a blackish-fuscous blotch extending along the dorsum from one-sixth to three-fifths, anteriorly rounded and reaching half way across the wing, narrowed to a point posteriorly, edged with ochreous whitish. The first discal stigma is indicated by a small round blackish-fuscous spot resting on this. There are two blackish-fuscous dots on the transverse vein, partially whitish edged. There is also a blackish-fuscous triangular blotch with the apex touching these dots, the base rather near and parallel to the termen, edged posteriorly by a band of whitish-ochreous suffusion. There is a dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are fuscous, anteriorly paler and tinged with whitish ochreous.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Deltoplastis balanitis (Meyrick, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (2): 452.
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