Chlamydastis chionoptila

Chlamydastis chionoptila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Chlamydastis
Species:
C. chionoptila
Binomial name
Chlamydastis chionoptila
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Ptilogenes chionoptila Meyrick, 1926

Chlamydastis chionoptila is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil.[1]

It has a wingspan of approximately 19 mm. The forewings are primarily white with fine dark speckles and marked with dark gray that gradually blends into black. Key markings include a strigula near the base of the costa and a small dot below it. There are distinct spots at one-fourth, the middle, and three-fourths along the costa. The first spot is small and sends a curved series of faint gray spots toward the dorsum. The second spot is slightly larger, and the third is moderate in size. Behind the second discal white ridge-tuft, a broad streak runs to the dorsum before the tornus, merging with a curved shade from the third costal spot. Additional features include a curved, interrupted subterminal shade and a series of marginal dots near the apex and termen. The hindwings are gray.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Chlamydastis Meyrick, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 229 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.