Chlamydastis mysticopis

Chlamydastis mysticopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Chlamydastis
Species:	C. mysticopis
Binomial name
	Chlamydastis mysticopis; (Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
	Ptilogenes mysticopis Meyrick, 1926;

Chlamydastis mysticopis is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. The forewings are pale greyish, thinly sprinkled dark fuscous, the dorsal third suffused whitish. There is a broad white fusiform costal band from near the base to near the apex, edged below with slight irregular dark fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are pale greyish-ochreous.[2]

References

"Chlamydastis Meyrick, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
"Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 233".

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[1] "Chlamydastis Meyrick, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] "Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 233".