Kertomesis palacta

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Kertomesis palacta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Kertomesis
Species:
K. palacta
Binomial name
Kertomesis palacta
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Paradoris palacta Meyrick, 1911

Kertomesis palacta is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in India.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous irregularly sprinkled with dark brown and with an elongate black mark along the base of the costa and a transverse blackish spot from the dorsum near the base. The first discal stigma is dot like and black, the second represented by a roundish black spot resting on a transverse-oblong blackish dorsal blotch. There is a moderate semi-circular blackish spot on the costa rather beyond this and a row of cloudy blackish dots around the apical portion of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (November 27, 2013). "Kertomesis palacta (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 736. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.