Linoclostis musicodes

(Linoclostis musicodes)

Description

Linoclostis musicodes is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo. The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are white with a fuscous line from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus, right-angled in the middle, dark fuscous towards the extremities. The space between this and the termen is more or less tinged with fuscous and there is a dark fuscous line around the posterior sixth of the costa and termen to near the tornus. The hindwings are whitish-grey.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Oecophoridae
Genus:Linoclostis
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