Chlamydastis chionosphena
Chlamydastis chionosphena is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in French Guiana.[1]
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The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are brown, slightly reddish-tinged and with an elongate-triangular snow-while patch extending along the costa (with the apex anterior) from the base to five-sixths, reaching nearly half across the wing, the posterior side oblique from the end of the cell to the costa. The hindwings are light grey.[2]
References
- "Chlamydastis Meyrick, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (1): 45
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