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Hoplomorpha notatana

Synonyms: Hoplitica porphyraspis; Machimia notatana

Wikipedia Abstract

Hoplomorpha notatana is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Walker in 1863. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wingspan is 19-25 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, irregularly suffused with dark-fuscous scales. The basal one-third of the costa, apex and upper half of the hindmargin are dark-fuscous and there is a very large semicircular purplish-fuscous blotch extending on the inner-margin from one-fifth nearly to the anal angle reaching two-thirds across the disc, its anterior margin rounded, its posterior margin straighter, more oblique, and acutely angled just above the anal angle. There are also two small purplish-fuscous dots in the disc posterior to the summit of the dorsal blotch. The posterior portion of the disc is more or
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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