Tonica melanoglypha

Tonica melanoglypha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Tonica
Species: T. melanoglypha
Binomial name
Tonica melanoglypha
Diakonoff, 1966

Tonica melanoglypha is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Diakonoff in 1966.[1] It is found on Java.[2]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are creamy, partially finely dusted with pale greyish-fuscous, not dusted towards the costa anteriorly and between the veins elsewhere. The dorsal area below the fold is evenly suffused with pale greyish-fuscous. The markings are blackish-brown. The hindwings are creamy-white, the apex slightly bent down, narrowly edged with a short black strigula.[3]

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