Tonica melanoglypha

Tonica melanoglypha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Tonica
Species:	T. melanoglypha
Binomial name
	Tonica melanoglypha; Diakonoff, 1966

Tonica melanoglypha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1966.[1] It is found on Java.[2]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are creamy, partially finely dusted with pale greyish fuscous, not dusted towards the costa anteriorly and between the veins elsewhere. The dorsal area below the fold is evenly suffused with pale greyish fuscous. The markings are blackish brown. The hindwings are creamy white, the apex slightly bent down, narrowly edged with a short black strigula.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tonica melanoglypha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
"Tonica Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 109 (3): 79

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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 melanoglypha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[2] "Tonica Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 15, 2017.

[3] Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 109 (3): 79