Biology:Irenia leucoxantha
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Short description: Species of moth
| Irenia leucoxantha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Irenia |
| Species: | I. leucoxantha
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| Binomial name | |
| Irenia leucoxantha J. F. G. Clarke, 1978
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Irenia leucoxantha is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile .[1]
The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The forewings are orange yellow with the extreme edge of the costa white. The surface of the wing with a few widely scattered black scales. The hindwings are pearl white.[2]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Irenia leucoxantha Clarke, 1978". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/oecophoridae/oecophorinae/irenia/#leucoxantha. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ↑ J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 45. http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0273.pdf. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13368647 entry
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