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Paralecta tinctoria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Xyloryctidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Paralecta

Paralecta tinctoria is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lucas in 1894. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 24-26 mm. The forewings are creamy-white, the costa light, with a patch near the base reddish-grey, a patch on the inner margin in the second and third fourth ferruginous-red, more or less suffused or tinted into groundcolour toward the costa at the apex. There is a fine inconspicuous line at three-fourths. The hindwings are creamy-white.

References

Paralecta tinctoria Wikipedia