Heteralcis tetraclina is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Heteralcis |
| Species: | H. tetraclina
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteralcis tetraclina (Meyrick, 1906)
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The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are yellowish orange with fuscous-purple markings. There is a small spot on the base of the costa and five narrow transverse fasciae, the first at one-sixth, rather inwardly oblique, the second at one-third, rather outwardly oblique, the third median, oblique, irregularly angulated or dilated, the fourth at three-fourths, irregular, the fifth terminal, meeting the fourth at the tornus. There is also a small discal spot beyond the third, sometimes connected with it. The hindwings are whitish ochreous in males, with the posterior third suffused with dark fuscous, with a deep groove along the fold containing a very long expansible whitish-ochreous hair-pencil. The hindwings of the females are grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 30, 2016). "Heteralcis tetraclina (Meyrick, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (1): 143.
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