Tinea porphyropa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Tinea |
Species: | T. porphyropa
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Binomial name | |
Tinea porphyropa Meyrick, 1927
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Synonyms | |
Tinea batuensis Bradley, 1973 |
Tinea porphyropa is a cave-dwelling moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from Sumatra, Indonesia[1] and Malaysia.[2]
The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are rather dark purple-grey with a cloudy darker spot on the end of the cell. The hindwings are rather dark bronzy-fuscous.[3]