Argyresthia lustralis
| Argyresthia lustralis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Argyresthiidae |
| Genus: | Argyresthia |
| Species: | A. lustralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Argyresthia lustralis Meyrick, 1911
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Argyresthia lustralis is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in the Seychelles (Mahé and Silhouette islands).[1]
The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The head, palpi and thorax are white, shoulders narrowly brownish. The forewings are brownish strigulated with blackish, with a broad snow-white streak occupying the dorsal half of the wing. Hindwings are grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (03.Aug.2014
- ^ Meyrick, E. 1911d. Tortricina and Tineina. Results of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2)14(3):263–307. (on p.292-293)
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