Carodista nubigena

Carodista nubigena is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Carodista nubigena
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C. nubigena
Binomial name
Carodista nubigena
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia nubigena Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous. The stigmata are cloudy and blackish, the plical slightly beyond the first discal. There is a small pale ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths, and a minute dot on the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are light fuscous.[2]

References

  1. "Carodista". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (3): 720


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