''Sychnochlaena'' is a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
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 ...
genus belonging to the family
Tortricidae first described by
Alexey Diakonoff in 1982. Its only species, ''Sychnochlaena megalorhis'', described by the same author in the same year, is found in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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Description
The wingspan of the adult female is 14.5 mm. Its head and palpus are light tawny. Palpus long and porrect (extending forward). Antennae subserrulate in female. Antenna light tawny. Thorax deep tawny with a posterior large, erect, blackish tuft. Abdomen glossy gray. Thorax with a large erect posterior crest. In forewing, anterior half is tawny grayish with olive suffusion. Costa with slender, vertical dark lines. There are two fuscous spots in cell. Cilia pale orange at apex and fuscous in tornus. Hindwings bronze grayish. They are semi-pellucent, becoming whitish and more transparent basally. Cilia dark bronze fuscous, with a pale basal band.
See also
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List of Tortricidae genera
References
External links
''Tortricid.net''
Archipini
Monotypic moth genera
Moths described in 1982
Moths of Asia
Tortricidae genera
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