Biology:Hypertropha chlaenota
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Hypertropha |
| Species: | H. chlaenota
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| Hypertropha chlaenota Meyrick, 1887
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Hypertropha chlaenota is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia , where it has been recorded from Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia.[1]
The wingspan is 20–23 mm. The forewings are rather dark shining fuscous, with coppery reflections and with a large whitish-ochreous basal patch, extending on the costa to the middle, on the inner margin to two-fifths, its outer edge nearly straight, on the costa marked with four direct cloudy blackish strigulae. There is a small whitish-ochreous irregularly triangular spot on the inner margin before the anal angle, containing a dot of ground colour. The space between this and the basal patch is thickly strewn with small bluish-leaden metallic spots, and there is a curved broken dentate whitish-ochreous line from four-fifths of the costa to the anal angle, preceded by an irregular series of bluish-leaden metallic spots, before which is a blackish suffusion in the disc. The hindwings are ochreous yellow, with a moderate dark fuscous hindmarginal border.[2]
The larvae feed on Angophora and Eucalyptus species.
References
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (3 January 2017). "Hypertropha chlaenota Meyrick, 1887". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hype/chlaenota.html. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. (2) 1 (4): 1042.
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Wikidata ☰ Q3007096 entry
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