Dorycnopa marmorea

Dorycnopa marmorea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dorycnopa
Species:	D. marmorea
Binomial name
	Dorycnopa marmorea; (Lower, 1899)
Synonyms
	Paltodora marmorea Lower, 1899;

Dorycnopa marmorea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1899. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The forewings are white with two irregular oblique pale fuscous parallel fasciae, the first from the costa near the base to one-fifth of the inner margin. The second just beyond. Both fasciae with a few blackish spots on the margins. There is also a fine elongate blackish mark in the middle of the disc and a second in a direct line beyond. There is a pale fuscous patch on the inner margin immediately below and the costa from the second fascia to about five-sixths is pale fuscous, while the apex is fuscous-tinged, more pronounced at the extreme apex. The hindwings are grey whitish.[2]

References

Savela, Markku (7 May 2014). "Dorycnopa marmorea (Lower, 1899)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 24 (1): 96.

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[1] Savela, Markku (7 May 2014). "Dorycnopa marmorea (Lower, 1899)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[2] Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 24 (1): 96.