Potniarcha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Potniarcha Meyrick, 1917 |
Species: | P. hierastis |
Binomial name | |
Potniarcha hierastis (Meyrick, 1890) | |
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Potniarcha hierastis is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Potniarcha. The species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890 and is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Western Australia.
The wingspan is 22โ23 mm. The forewings are glossy snow-white with a narrow dark fuscous streak along the costa from before the middle to the apex, finely attenuated anteriorly, as well as a moderate dark fuscous streak along the inner margin from near the base to the anal angle. The hindwings are light fuscous, with the hindmarginal edge darker.
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