Chlamydastis hemichlora

Chlamydastis hemichlora is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in French Guiana.[1]

Chlamydastis hemichlora
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C. hemichlora
Binomial name
Chlamydastis hemichlora
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Agriophara hemichlora Meyrick, 1916

The wingspan is 26–28 mm for males and about 38 mm for females. The forewings are dark brown, partially suffused with purplish-fuscous, and irregularly marked with dull light green, the dorsal half almost wholly dull light green. The plical and second discal stigmata are raised, transverse-linear and blackish. There is a subterminal line indistinctly indicated by some blackish dots or marks, in females forming strong blackish marks between the veins towards the middle of the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

References

  1. Chlamydastis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (16): 487


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