Singularia leptochorda

Singularia leptochorda is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica, Ecuador and Venezuela.

Singularia leptochorda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Singularia
Species:	S. leptochorda
Binomial name
Singularia leptochorda (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
Alucita leptochorda Meyrick, 1913 Alucita trichogramma Walsingham, 1915 Chocophora leptochorda (Meyrick, 1913)

The wingspan is 12–25 mm. The head is scaled with mixed grey-white and dark brown scales. The antennae are grey-brown. The thorax is olive brown and grey-white mixed, with a double whitish line at the dorsum and laterally a single longitudinal line. The forewings are dark brown with white lines and a white transverse band. The fringes are blocked brown and white. The underside of the forewing is chocolate-brown turning pale in both lobes toward the apex. The hindwings and fringes are brown-grey. The underside of the hindwings is dark brown, but paler toward apex of all lobes.[1] Adults have been recorded in February and May.[2]

References

1. Neotropical Pterophoridae 9: Chocophorus, a new neotropical genus (Lepidoptera)
2. "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-23.