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Kertomesis amphicalyx

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Autostichidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Kertomesis

Kertomesis amphicalyx is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in India.

The wingspan is 11-13 mm. The forewings are ochreous-white with a moderate blackish basal fascia, the posterior edge nearly straight. he plical and first discal stigmata are minute and black, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a moderate blackish fascia about three-fifths, constricted in the middle and several undefined dots or groups of blackish scales around the apical part of the costa and upper part of the termen. The hindwings are grey.

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Kertomesis amphicalyx Wikipedia