Chariphylla

Chariphylla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Chariphylla closterias, is found in Peru. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1]

Chariphylla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Subfamily: Depressariinae
Genus: Chariphylla
Meyrick, 1921
Species:
C. closterias
Binomial name
Chariphylla closterias
Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is 22 mm. The forewings brown slightly rosy tinged, suffusedly sprinkled with dark fuscous with the costal edge dark fuscous towards the base and with a narrow white costal streak from one-sixth to three-fourths and a white spot on the dorsum near the base, where a sinuate white subdorsal line, furcate (forked) anteriorly and connected with both ends of it, runs to the dorsum at two-thirds. There is a curved white line from above the fold at one-third of the wing to the dorsum at four-fifths, connected on the dorsum with the preceding, some white irroration (sprinkles) between them posteriorly and with some scattered white scales towards the costa. The hindwings are light grey, sprinkled darker on the veins and terminally.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (February 5, 2015). "Chariphylla Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (13): 388. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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