Neospastis ichnaea is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in India.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Neospastis |
| Species: | N. ichnaea
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| Neospastis ichnaea (Meyrick, 1914)
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The wingspan is 22–25 mm (0.87–0.98 in). The forewings are whitish fuscous, on the dorsal two-thirds more or less suffused with light fuscous and sprinkled irregularly with dark fuscous. There is a more or less developed fine dark fuscous streak along the fold towards the base and oblique dark fuscous spots on the costa at one-fourth, the middle, and three-fourths. The stigmata are small and dark fuscous, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There is also a series of dark fuscous dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are pale fuscous.
The larvae feed on Symplocos spicata. Feeding between spun leaves, or a broken portion spun on the surface of a whole leaf. The larvae are green, with a brown head, black collar and with a lateral (spiracular) series of black spots, also with black supraspiracular spots on 3, 4, and several of the posterior segments.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (January 19, 2015). "Neospastis ichnaea (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera: Part XVIII". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 23 (1): 118. Retrieved 16 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.
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