Hypercallia heliodepta
| Hypercallia heliodepta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Hypercallia |
| Species: | H. heliodepta |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypercallia heliodepta Meyrick, 1932 | |
Hypercallia heliodepta is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1932. It is found in Mexico.[1]
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are orange-yellow with a slight greenish tinge, more orange towards the costa and with a suffused fuscous costal streak from the base to beyond one-third. The costa is narrowly dark fuscous on the median fifth, the costal edge whitish for a short distance on each side of this. There is an undefined narrow fasciae of fuscous suffusion from the costa at one-third to the dorsum at two-thirds, and from the middle of the costa to the dorsum at one-third, crossing in the middle of the disc. The discal stigmata are blackish. There is a fuscous transverse line, partially broken into small marks and angulated above the middle to the dorsum at three-fourths is found from the end of the dark costal median space. There is also a moderately broad fuscous terminal fascia, expanded and darkened on the costa. The hindwings are orange with a suffused fuscous apical patch narrowed to the middle of the termen.[2]
References
- ↑ Hypercallia at funet.fi.
- ↑ Exotic Microlep. 4 (8-9): 280