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Tonica peripsacas

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tonica

Tonica peripsacas is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Diakonoff in 1966. It is found on Sulawesi.

The wingspan is about 31 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, slightly suffused with fuscous-grey and dark fuscous, slightly suffused markings. The hindwings are pale ochreous, densely dusted with pale grey and along all veins dusted with darker fuscous. The extreme base is white, separated by a transverse oblique dark fuscous line.

References

Tonica peripsacas Wikipedia