Ptilothyris neuroplaca

Ptilothyris neuroplaca is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1933. It is found in Zambia.[1][2]

Ptilothyris neuroplaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Ptilothyris
Species:
P. neuroplaca
Binomial name
Ptilothyris neuroplaca
(Meyrick, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Idiopteryx neuroplaca Meyrick, 1933

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are ochreous yellow with blackish markings. There is an irregular ill-defined more or less interrupted narrow subbasal fascia and a very broad transverse band from before the middle to five-sixths defined by more or less expressed blackish interneural streaks, leaving strong ochreous-yellow lines on the veins. There is a subterminal streak of suffusion towards the tornus only. The hindwings are blackish grey, with a whitish-ochreous ante-apical mark.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Ptilothyris neuroplaca (Meyrick, 1933)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Ptilothyris neuroplaca (Meyrick, 1933)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (11): 359.


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