Homaloxestis myeloxesta

Homaloxestis myeloxesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Homaloxestis
Species: H. myeloxesta
Binomial name
Homaloxestis myeloxesta
Meyrick, 1932[1]

Homaloxestis myeloxesta is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It is found in Taiwan and Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are glossy brownish-grey with a suffused white costal streak from the base almost to the apex, tinged yellowish on the posterior half. The hindwings are light somewhat prismatic grey.[3]

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