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Anthophila niphocrypta

Synonyms: Simaethis niphocrypta

Wikipedia Abstract

Choreutis niphocrypta is a moth in the Choreutidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are deep red-brown, the basal area irrorated white and with a slightly excurved antemedian fascia of white irroration, narrowed and forming a small white spot on the costa. There is some white irroration about the end of the cell and a broader excurved fascia of whiteirroration from two-thirds of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, forming two small white spots on the costa and limited anteriorly by a contorted-dentate undefined line, posteriorly confluent with a subterminal fascia of white irroration from a small white spot on the costa. The hindwings are snow-white with a blackish costal band occupying nearly one-thi
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0