Deltoplastis amicella
Species of moth
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Deltoplastis amicella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in India (Assam), Myanmar and Sri Lanka.[1]
| Deltoplastis amicella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Deltoplastis |
| Species: | D. amicella |
| Binomial name | |
| Deltoplastis amicella (Walker, 1864) | |
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The wingspan is about 12 mm.[2] Adults are a cinereous (ash-grey) fawn colour, with narrow wings. The forewings are acute, with a large black cinereous-bordered spot on the interior border before the middle, and a short transverse streak of the same hue in the disc at two-thirds of the length. There is a blackish exterior band, which extends diffusely to the streak on the inner side, and is bordered by a slightly undulating cinereous line on the outer side. The exterior border is very oblique.[3]
