Athrypsiastis rosiflora

Athrypsiastis rosiflora is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

Athrypsiastis rosiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Athrypsiastis
Species:
A. rosiflora
Binomial name
Athrypsiastis rosiflora
Meyrick, 1930

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are pale greenish grey with white reflections, the veins white irregularly sprinkled with violet brown and the basal area wholly white. The costal edge is rosy and there is very undefined rosy-brown suffusion forming a patch along the anterior half of the dorsum and a fascia from the middle of the disc to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are whitish rosy.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (August 23, 2017). "Athrypsiastis rosiflora Meyrick, 1930". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (1): 11. Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine


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