Taygete barydelta

Taygete barydelta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Taygete
Species: T. barydelta
Binomial name
Taygete barydelta
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Epithectis barydelta Meyrick, 1923

Taygete barydelta is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Brazil (Para).[1]

The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are yellow-whitish, scattered with black scales and with large blackish flattened-triangular spots on the costa near the base and at one-third and three-fifths, smaller blackish spots on the dorsum opposite the two posterior. There is also a triangular blackish apical spot. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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