Chalcomima
Chalcomima is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Chalcomima hoplodoxa, which is found in Peru.[1]
Chalcomima | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Subfamily: | Anacampsinae |
Genus: | Chalcomima Meyrick, 1929 |
Species: | C. hoplodoxa |
Binomial name | |
Chalcomima hoplodoxa Meyrick, 1929 | |
The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-fuscous with bright shining brassy-bronze or coppery-bronze markings, consisting of a basal patch confluent with an oblique wedge-shaped spot from the costa at one-fourth, a transverse-linear mark in the middle of the disc, an oval dorsal blotch beneath this, a triangular costal spot at two-thirds, and a terminal fascia which is broadest in the middle and narrowed at the extremities. The hindwings are grey.[2]
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