Palintropa hippica explained

Palintropa hippica is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are fuscous irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish and with a dark brown patch irregularly irrorated with blackish extending along the costa from one-third to near the apex, and reaching more than halfway across the wing, limited beneath before the middle by a large tuft of scales on the fold. A silvery-grey-whitish line crosses the wing at five-sixths, on the lower half dilated into a spot preceded and followed by light brownish-ochreous spaces and margined anteriorly by a dark fuscous tuft of scales. There is a silvery-whitish angulated transverse line immediately before the apex. The hindwings are dark grey, thinly scaled and semi-transparent in the disc anteriorly.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . July 1, 2014 . Palintropa hippica Meyrick, 1913 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . September 8, 2020.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/journalofbombayn221913bomb#page/160/mode/1up Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 160.