Hypertropha chlaenota
| Hypertropha chlaenota | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Hypertropha |
| Species: | H. chlaenota |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypertropha chlaenota Meyrick, 1887 | |
Hypertropha chlaenota is a species of moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia.[1]
The wingspan is 20-23 mm. The forewings are rather dark shining fuscous, with coppery reflections and with a large whitish-ochreous basal patch, extending on the costa to the middle, on the inner margin to two-fifths, its outer edge nearly straight, on the costa marked with four direct cloudy blackish strigulae. There is a small whitish-ochreous irregularly triangular spot on the inner margin before the anal angle, containing a dot of groundcolour. The space between this and the basal patch is thickly strewn with small bluish-leaden metallic spots, and there is a curved broken dentate whitish-ochreous line from four-fifths of the costa to the anal angle, preceded by an irregular series of bluish-leaden metallic spots, before which is a blackish suffusion in disc. The hindwings are ochreous-yellow, with a moderate dark fuscous hindmarginal border.[2]
The larvae feed on Angophora and Eucalyptus species.
References
- ↑ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (26 August 2002). "Hypertropha chlaenota". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ↑ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 1 (4) : 1042