Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lecithoceridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Dragmatucha | |
Dragmatucha proaula is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (Limpopo) and Zimbabwe.
The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a small irregular pale ochreous-yellow spot at the base and two irregular whitish-ochreous transverse fasciae, dilated towards the costa and becoming deep ochreous-yellow on the costal edge, at about two-fifths and four-fifths. The hindwings are rather dark grey.
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