''Trypherantis atelogramma'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wing ...

, and the only species in the genus ''Trypherantis''. Genus and species were described by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Ed ...

in 1907 and are found in

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. The

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is 24–26 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous with all veins marked by rather irregular lines of blackish irroration, broadly obsolete towards the base and ceasing abruptly near the other margins, the streak of the transverse vein more or less dilated. There is an interrupted blackish line around the apex and termen. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous with a terminal series of fuscous marks.J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (3): 740

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Xyloryctidae Monotypic moth genera Xyloryctidae genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Xyloryctidae-stub