Charistica ioploca

Charistica ioploca is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[1]

Charistica ioploca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Charistica
Species:	C. ioploca
Binomial name
Charistica ioploca (Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
Zalithia ioploca Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are violet grey, on the costal half anteriorly suffused with sky blue and with the extreme costal edge whitish. There are subcostal, median, and plical orange lines from the base to near the middle, and a line from the base of the median to the apex of the subcostal. These are terminated by an angulated dark grey bar in the middle of the disc, edged with orange and pale ochreous suffusion. The posterior area from near beyond this is light ochreous suffused with orange in the disc, towards the dorsum anteriorly forming streaks on the veins and tinged crimson, including a dark ferruginous dot on the end of the cell, two short oblique dark grey marks from the costa before and beyond three-fourths and one just above the apex, a deep ferruginous transverse line at seven-eighths edged anteriorly by white marks below the costa and below the middle, and limiting a deep ferruginous blotch extending along the termen, becoming purplish towards its middle. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku (February 12, 2015). "Charistica ioploca (Meyrick, 1922)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 103.