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Linoclostis musicodes

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Species of moth

Linoclostis musicodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Linoclostis
Species: L. musicodes
Binomial name
Linoclostis musicodes
Meyrick, 1910

Linoclostis musicodes is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo.

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are white with a fuscous line from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus, right angled in the middle, dark fuscous towards the extremities. The space between this and the termen is more or less tinged with fuscous and there is a dark fuscous line around the posterior sixth of the costa and termen to near the tornus. The hindwings are whitish grey.

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 14, 2013). "Linoclostis musicodes Meyrick, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1910: 458.< Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Linoclostis musicodes


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