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Iphimachaera picticollis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Iphimachaera Meyrick, 1931

Iphimachaera picticollis is a moth in the Depressariidae family, and the only species in the genus Iphimachaera. It was described by Walsingham in 1912 and is found in Brazil and Panama.

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are yellowish brown, minutely sprinkled with whitish ochreous scales, especially towards the apex. Along and below the fold, from near the base, is a slight carmine suffusion, and before the middle of the wing a broad reddish ochreous patch, commencing on the costa, is attenuate on the cell, somewhat expanding again to its termination on the fold, its sinuate inner margin well defined throughout. The hindwings are yellowish grey.

References

Iphimachaera picticollis Wikipedia