Tonica malthacodes

Tonica malthacodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Tonica
Species:	T. malthacodes
Binomial name
	Tonica malthacodes; Meyrick, 1914

Tonica malthacodes is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found on New Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, the costal edge infuscated towards one-fourth and the plical stigma represented by a large tuft of scales. There are three or four dots of raised fuscous and dark fuscous scales beneath the costa posteriorly and the apical edge is infuscated. The hindwings are whitish.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tonica malthacodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
Savela, Markku, ed. (June 28, 2014). "Tonica malthacodes Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (8): 226.

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tonica malthacodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 29, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (June 28, 2014). "Tonica malthacodes Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (8): 226.