Biology:Diplogrypa

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Short description: Genus of moths

Diplogrypa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Diplogrypa
Common, 1997
Species:
D. microptera
Binomial name
Diplogrypa microptera
(Turner, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Machimia microptera Turner, 1916

Diplogrypa is a genus of moths of the family Oecophoridae erected by Ian Francis Bell Common in 1997. It contains only one species, Diplogrypa microptera which was first described by Turner in 1916[1] and is found Australia , where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, sparsely sprinkled with fuscous and with a discal dot at two-fifths, a second beneath it on the fold and a third at three-fifths. The hindwings are ochreous whitish, at the apex tinged with fuscous.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20686563 entry