Charistica sandaracota

Charistica sandaracota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Charistica
Species:	C. sandaracota
Binomial name
	Charistica sandaracota; (Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
	Zalithia sandaracota Meyrick, 1914;

Charistica sandaracota is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana.[1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are black with the base narrowly metallic blue green, extended as a thick streak along the dorsum to the middle and with interrupted yellow transverse streaks between this and the costa at one-sixth and before the middle, connected by costal and three other fine yellow longitudinal lines, with metallic-blue-green streaks between the first and second, and between the third and fourth. There is a narrow transverse violet-leaden median fascia, triangularly dilated posteriorly on the dorsum, edged with black. The wing beyond this is wholly deep red, except a yellow wedge-shaped mark on the costa beyond the median fascia, and an elongate violet-leaden spot in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

Savela, Markku (February 12, 2015). "Charistica sandaracota (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 269.

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[1] Savela, Markku (February 12, 2015). "Charistica sandaracota (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2020.

[2] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 269.