Hygroplasta lygaea

Hygroplasta lygaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Hygroplasta
Species: H. lygaea
Binomial name
Hygroplasta lygaea
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Pachnistis lygaea Meyrick, 1911

Hygroplasta lygaea is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Kashmir and Nepal.[1]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous with the discal stigmata rather small, cloudy and blackish. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

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