Tasmantrix phalaros
| Tasmantrix phalaros | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micropterigidae |
| Genus: | Tasmantrix |
| Species: | T. phalaros
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| Binomial name | |
| Tasmantrix phalaros Gibbs, 2010
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Tasmantrix phalaros is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is known from eastern Australia, in wet, upland eucalypt forests of northern New South Wales from Minyon Falls to Narara.[1]
The forewing length is 3.6 mm for males and 3.5 mm for females. The forewing ground colour has a strong purple iridescence. There are three shining white fasciae with scattered ill-defined white spots and streaks in the apical quarter. The first is a basal costal streak running from the middle of the wing to about one quarter, with a broadly rounded apex and proximally contiguous with white dorsum of head when at rest. The second is a strong, constant, transverse band across the wing at mid-length. Finally, a small, irregular white patch on the costa at three quarters. The apical quarter has scattered white scales, usually in rows, and consistently forming a series of three to four white patches between the veins along the termen. The fringes are black with white tips, but wholly white at the apex.
Etymology[edit]
The species name is derived from the Greek phalaros (meaning white patch) referring to the presence of a discrete white spot on the costa.
References[edit]
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