Hygroplasta lygaea is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Kashmir and Nepal.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Hygroplasta |
| Species: | H. lygaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Hygroplasta lygaea (Meyrick, 1911)
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The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish bronzy fuscous with the discal stigmata rather small, cloudy and blackish. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (January 9, 2015). "Hygroplasta lygaea (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 707.
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