Heteralcis platycapna

Heteralcis platycapna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Heteralcis
Species:	H. platycapna
Binomial name
	Heteralcis platycapna; (Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
	Timyra platycapna Meyrick, 1916;

Heteralcis platycapna is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous with a transverse ochreous-whitish line almost at the base and a transverse whitish-ochreous line before the middle, somewhat curved outwards on each half and indented in the middle. There is also a suffused ochreous-yellow patch occupying the apical fifth. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (April 30, 2016). "Heteralcis platycapna (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (18): 569.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (April 30, 2016). "Heteralcis platycapna (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

[2] Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (18): 569.