Promenesta callichlora
Promenesta callichlora is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana.[1]
| Promenesta callichlora | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Promenesta |
| Species: | P. callichlora |
| Binomial name | |
| Promenesta callichlora Meyrick, 1915 | |
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are violet grey with a large deep olive-green patch extending on the dorsum from the base to three-fourths and reaching three-fourths across the wing, its upper edge parallel to the costa, the posterior edge irregular. The costal area above this is suffused with whitish from the base to beyond one-third. There is a slender ferruginous costal streak from one-third, gradually dilated, towards the apex suffused with whitish and marked with two blackish marks, passing into a fine whitish terminal line, the extreme terminal edge black. The hindwings are blackish.[2]
References
- Promenesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (13): 412
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