Heteralcis molybdantha is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Heteralcis |
| Species: | H. molybdantha
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteralcis molybdantha (Meyrick, 1908)
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The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous sprinkled with black, with scattered ochreous hair-scales and thick bluish-leaden-metallic subcostal and narrower submedian streaks from the base to one-third, as well as an almost straight double antemedian fascia, the first half narrow, yellow ochreous, edged posteriorly with dark fuscous, the second half broader, bright bluish leaden metallic. Some irregular leaden-metallic spots are found in the disc about three-fourths and around the posterior third of the costa and termen, around the apex confluent into a streak. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a short subdorsal groove from the base, containing an expansible pencil of whitish ochreous hairs.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 30, 2016). "Heteralcis molybdantha (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 454.
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