Hylograptis

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Hylograptis

Genus of moths

Hylograptis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae. Its only species, Hylograptis thryptica, is found in Australia[1] and New Guinea, where it has been recorded from Woodlark Island and Sariba Island.[2] Both the genus and the species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.[3]

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The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are rather light brown with a dark purplish-fuscous streak along the costa from the base to near the apex, suffused beneath with indigo bluish. Beneath this is a deep ferruginous supra-median streak from the base to three-fourths, and a similar rather shorter submedian streak. The terminal fourth is more or less suffused with purplish and bluish, crossed by a slightly curved deep ferruginous transverse streak at about five-sixths, mixed with black at the costal extremity and on the lower half. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Faunal Directory
  2. [2]
    Savela, Markku, ed. (3 May 2014). "Hylograptis thryptica Meyrick, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. [3]
    Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hylograptis thryptica​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. [4]
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1910: 451.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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