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Heteralcis platycapna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Heteralcis
Species:	H. platycapna
Binomial name
Heteralcis platycapna (Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
Timyra platycapna Meyrick, 1916

Heteralcis platycapna is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous with a transverse ochreous-whitish line almost at the base and a transverse whitish-ochreous line before the middle, somewhat curved outwards on each half and indented in the middle. There is also a suffused ochreous-yellow patch occupying the apical fifth. The hindwings are grey.

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 30, 2016). "Heteralcis platycapna (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
2. Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (18): 569. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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