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Tricyphistis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Species
  
T. cyanorma

Tricyphistis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Tricyphistis cyanorma, which is found in Taiwan.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are chestnut-brown with costal and plical metallic-blue lines speckled blackish from the base to about the middle. There is a fine direct transverse silvery-white line beyond the middle and beyond this a fascia of metallic purplish suffusion, the apical remainder of the wing brown-blackish. There is a pre-marginal series of bright pale metallic-blue marks around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.

References

Tricyphistis Wikipedia