Tonica peripsacas

Tonica peripsacas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tonica
Species: T. peripsacas
Binomial name
Tonica peripsacas
Diakonoff, 1966

Tonica peripsacas is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Diakonoff in 1966.[1] It is found on Sulawesi.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  2. Tonica at funet
  3. Tijds. Ent. 109 (3) : 79