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(Redirected from Cryptolechia synclera) Species of moth

Allotalanta synclera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Allotalanta
Species: A. synclera
Binomial name
Allotalanta synclera
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia synclera Meyrick, 1921

Allotalanta synclera is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in India (Kanara).

The wingspan is about 22 mm (0.87 in). The forewings are rather dark fuscous, darker and purplish-tinged towards the base. The hindwings are light grey, paler and thinly scaled towards the base and the veins darker. There is a small oval hyaline spot beneath the cell near the base.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Allotalanta synclera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (13): 394 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Allotalanta synclera


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