Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lecithoceridae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Deltoplastis | |
Deltoplastis gypsopeda is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1934. It is found in western China.
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish with fuscous markings, suffusedly mixed with blackish. There is a short streak on the base of the costa and a large irregular-pentagonal blotch extending on the dorsum from one-sixth to the middle and reaching two-thirds across the wing. A small wedge-shaped mark is found on the costa before the middle and there is a transverse bar, enlarged above, on the end of the cell, as well as a straight fascia at four-fifths, narrow at the extremities but triangularly expanded anteriorly in the disc so as nearly to approach the preceding bar. Some fuscous irroration is found beyond this and the terminal edge is blackish. The hindwings are grey.