Heteralcis platycapna

Heteralcis platycapna is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Heteralcis platycapna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Heteralcis
Species:
H. platycapna
Binomial name
Heteralcis platycapna
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Timyra platycapna Meyrick, 1916

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous with a transverse ochreous-whitish line almost at the base and a transverse whitish-ochreous line before the middle, somewhat curved outwards on each half and indented in the middle. There is also a suffused ochreous-yellow patch occupying the apical fifth. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 30, 2016). "Heteralcis platycapna (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (18): 569.


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