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Tonica syngnoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tonica

Tonica syngnoma is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Diakonoff in 1966. It is found in Malaysia.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are whitish, dusted rather irregularly with grey-fuscous. The markings are chestnut-brown and black. The hindwings are glossy pale ochreous, densely dusted with dark fuscous, except towards the dorsum and less densely along the costa. The extreme apex is slightly dusted with black.

References

Tonica syngnoma Wikipedia