Tonica malthacodes

Short description: Species of moth

Tonica malthacodes

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Depressariidae
Genus:  | Tonica
Species:  |

T. malthacodes

Binomial name
Tonica malthacodes

Meyrick, 1914

Tonica malthacodes is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found on New Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, the costal edge infuscated towards one-fourth and the plical stigma represented by a large tuft of scales. There are three or four dots of raised fuscous and dark fuscous scales beneath the costa posteriorly and the apical edge is infuscated. The hindwings are whitish.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Tonica malthacodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=111565.
2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (June 28, 2014). "Tonica malthacodes Meyrick, 1914". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/depressariinae/tonica/#malthacodes. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
3. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (8): 226. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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