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Genus of moths

Rhyparomatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
Infraorder: Heteroneura
(unranked): Ditrysia
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Rhyparomatrix
Gozmány, 1972
Species: R. rusticana
Binomial name
Rhyparomatrix rusticana
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia rusticana Meyrick, 1918

Rhyparomatrix is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Rhyparomatrix rusticana, which is found in southern India.

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are bronzy-fuscous. The stigmata are cloudy and dark fuscous, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal. The hindwings are grey.

References

  1. funet.fi
  2. Exotic Microlep. 2 (4): 113 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Rhyparomatrix


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