Orthenches semifasciata

Orthenches semifasciata
Orthenches semifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Plutellidae
Genus: Orthenches
Species: O. semifasciata
Binomial name
Orthenches semifasciata
Philpott, 1915[1]

Orthenches semifasciata is a moth of the Plutellidae family. It is known from New Zealand.

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The head, palpi, and thorax are white mixed with brown and the abdomen is grey. The forewings are elongate, the costa gently arched, the apex subacute, the termen rounded and oblique. They are white, irrorated with shining dark brown, especially on dorsal half. The markings are shining dark brown. The hindwings are light fuscous-grey.

References

  1. ^ Lepidoptera Genera of New Zealand
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