Spatulignatha hemichrysa is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in Assam, India.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Spatulignatha |
| Species: | S. hemichrysa
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| Binomial name | |
| Spatulignatha hemichrysa (Meyrick, 1910)
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The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous yellowish, irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous and with the costal edge suffused with dark fuscous from the base to two-thirds. The discal stigmata are represented by small dark fuscous spots, the second lying on an oblique-transverse line of dark fuscous suffusion forming triangular suffused spots on the margins. Beyond this, all veins are marked with strong dark fuscous lines and there is a strong black line around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey, tinged with pale yellowish towards the apex, the veins darker grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (August 25, 2014). "Spatulignatha hemichrysa (Meyrick, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (2): 447.
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