Metathrinca sinumbra

Metathrinca sinumbra is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1968. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines.[1]

Metathrinca sinumbra
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M. sinumbra
Binomial name
Metathrinca sinumbra
Diakonoff, [1968]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are glossy snow white, with the edge of the costa along the basal sixth very narrowly dark brown. The hindwings are snow white, thinner scaled.[2]

References

  1. Metathrinca Meyrick, 1908 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  2. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 257: 119


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