Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lecithoceridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Deltoplastis | |
Deltoplastis balanitis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found in southern India.
The wingspan is 26-27 mm. The forewings are fuscous partially tinged with whitish-ochreous and with a small blackish-fuscous spot on the base of the costa, as well as a blackish-fuscous blotch extending along the dorsum from one-sixth to three-fifths, anteriorly rounded and reaching half across the wing, narrowed to a point posteriorly, edged with ochreous-whitish. The first discal stigma is indicated by a small round blackish-fuscous spot resting on this. There are two blackish-fuscous dots on the tranverse vein, partially whitish-edged. There is also a blackish-fuscous triangular blotch with the apex touching these dots, the base rather near and parallel to the termen, edged posteriorly by a band of whitish-ochreous suffusion. There is a dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are fuscous, anteriorly paler and tinged with whitish-ochreous.