Telecrates melanochrysa

Telecrates melanochrysa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Telecrates
Species: T. melanochrysa
Binomial name
Telecrates melanochrysa
(Turner, 1939)[1]
Synonyms
  • Xylorycta melanochrysa Turner, 1939

Telecrates melanochrysa is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is known from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The head is black and the face is whitish-ochreous. The thorax is orange-yellow and the abdomen is black. The forewings are sub-oblong and orange-yellow with three broad black transverse fasciae.[2]

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