Tiquadra pontifica
Species of moth
Tiquadra pontifica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Tiquadra |
Species: | T. pontifica |
Binomial name | |
Tiquadra pontifica Meyrick, 1919 |
Tiquadra pontifica is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from French Guiana
This species has a wingspan of about 22 mm.[1] The forewings are whitish grey, the markings dark grey mixed with blackish. There is a mark on the base of the costa and a transverse fascia of irregular strigulation or marbling at one-third, where a bar runs below the middle to the base, and another bar in the middle to a large irregular patch of similar marbling occupying nearly the apical third of the wing and partially suffused brownish. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]
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