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Aeolanthes cyclantha

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Aeolanthes cyclantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Aeolanthes
Species:
A. cyclantha
Binomial name
Aeolanthes cyclantha
Meyrick, 1923

Aeolanthes cyclantha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous partially suffused light crimson-rosy, with irregularly strewn suffused yellow-ochreous spots and blotches partially tinged crimson, the largest blotch resting on the antemedian costal scale-projection, a distinct round spot in the disc beyond the middle. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Aeolanthes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (20): 611 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.