Habrophylax chalcochtha
Habrophylax chalcochtha is a moth in the family Depressariidae, and the only species in the genus Habrophylax. It was described by Meyrick in 1931 and is found in Brazil.[1]
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| Genus: | Habrophylax Meyrick, 1931 |
| Species: | H. chalcochtha |
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| Habrophylax chalcochtha Meyrick, 1931 | |
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-brown, posteriorly irregularly speckled whitish and with a broad light brassy-yellow pointed costal stripe almost from the base to near the apex, its costal edge dark brown, the lower edge suffused. There is a suffused pale brassy-yellowish dorsal stripe from a light crimson spot at the base to near the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]
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