Machimia chorrera
Machimia chorrera is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914.[1] It is found in Panama.[2]
| Machimia chorrera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Machimia |
| Species: | M. chorrera |
| Binomial name | |
| Machimia chorrera (Busck, 1914) | |
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The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are light violaceous brown, the basal fourth of the costa edge black. There is a small black dot on the middle of the cell and another at the end of the cell, as well as a similar spot on the middle of the fold. There is a faint series of black spots at the apical fifth, parallel with the apical and terminal edges, which are narrowly rose coloured. The hindwings are dull fuscous.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Machimia chorrera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- Machimia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 29
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