Rhyparomatrix

Rhyparomatrix is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Rhyparomatrix rusticana, which is found in southern India.[1]

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

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.[2]

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.


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