Chlamydastis chionoptila
| Chlamydastis chionoptila | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Chlamydastis |
| Species: | C. chionoptila
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlamydastis chionoptila (Meyrick, 1926)
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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
- ^ "Chlamydastis Meyrick, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 229 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.