Chlamydastis disticha

Chlamydastis disticha is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in French Guiana and Colombia.[1]

Chlamydastis disticha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Chlamydastis
Species:
C. disticha
Binomial name
Chlamydastis disticha
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Agriophara disticha Meyrick, 1916

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are brown, with violet reflections and with some white suffusion towards the base of the costa, as well as two indistinct darker transverse lines mixed with blackish specks, the first at two-fifths, curved and rather oblique, the second from three-fifths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, strongly curved. There are also two small spots of raised dark grey and black scales on the angles of the cell and a curved shade of dark brown suffusion near the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are blackish-grey.[2]

References

  1. Chlamydastis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (16): 488 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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