Tonica cyanodoxa

Tonica cyanodoxa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1924.[1] It is found on New Guinea.[2]

Tonica cyanodoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Tonica
Species:
T. cyanodoxa
Binomial name
Tonica cyanodoxa
Meyrick, 1924

The wingspan is 41–44 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with several large ochreous-whitish tufts partly representing the stigmata and a curved subterminal series of smaller tufts. There is an irregular triangular patch of dark indigo blue on the basal fourth of the costa, including one or two spots of ground colour. The costal edge is suffused with ochreous orange to the apex. The hindwings are blackish grey, the costal fourth light ochreous.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tonica cyanodoxa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 28, 2014). "Tonica cyanodoxa Meyrick, 1924". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (4): 105.


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