Chlamydastis hemichlora
Chlamydastis hemichlora is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in French Guiana.[1]
| Chlamydastis hemichlora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Chlamydastis |
| Species: | C. hemichlora |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlamydastis hemichlora (Meyrick, 1916) | |
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The wingspan is 26–28 mm for males and about 38 mm for females. The forewings are dark brown, partially suffused with purplish-fuscous, and irregularly marked with dull light green, the dorsal half almost wholly dull light green. The plical and second discal stigmata are raised, transverse-linear and blackish. There is a subterminal line indistinctly indicated by some blackish dots or marks, in females forming strong blackish marks between the veins towards the middle of the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]
References
- Chlamydastis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (16): 487
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