Tanymecica xanthoplaca

Tanymecica xanthoplaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Copromorphidae
Genus: Tanymecica
Turner, 1916
Species: T. xanthoplaca
Binomial name
Tanymecica xanthoplaca
Turner, 1916[1]

Tanymecica xanthoplaca is a moth in the Copromorphidae family, and the only species in the genus Tanymecica. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, with darker fuscous streaks parallel to the veins and a few whitish dots. The basal half of the hindwings is pale-yellow and the terminal half dark-fuscous.[3]

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