''Harmotona'' is a
genus
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of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s belonging to the
family
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Tineidae. It contains only one species, ''Harmotona diplochorda'', which is found in
India
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.
The
wingspan
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is about 9 mm. The forewings are elongate and light grey, partially tinged
with whitish, although they are tinged brownish towards the apex. The hindwings are grey.
Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1-5, Mar. 1912-Nov. 1937
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References
Tineidae
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of Asia
Tineidae genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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