Hypercallia niphocycla
| Hypercallia niphocycla | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Hypercallia |
| Species: | H. niphocycla |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypercallia niphocycla Meyrick, 1926 | |
Hypercallia niphocycla is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Colombia.[1]
The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are yellow reticulated orange-red, the basal area also reticulated dark brown and there are dark brown spots on the costa at one-fifth and two-fifths, and the dorsum is dark brown towards the base. There is a broad dark brown median fascia parallel to the termen, followed on the lower three-fourths by another fascia confluent with it above the middle and connected beneath by bars on the veins, also connected similarly with a terminal fascia confluent with it on the tornus, the costal area on the apical third suffusedly reticulated dark brown. A round white spot edged red above is found on the edge of the median fascia, indicating the first discal stigma, and a white dot on its posterior edge representing the second. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled towards the base.[2]
References
- ↑ Hypercallia at funet.fi.
- ↑ Exot. Microlep. 3 (10): 314