Chlamydastis illita

Chlamydastis illita is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Peru and Colombia.[1]

Chlamydastis illita
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C. illita
Binomial name
Chlamydastis illita
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Ptilogenes illita Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are white with an ochreous-grey patch occupying the basal third, extended as a costal band to three-fourths, a moderately broad suffused median fascia running into this, two undefined transverse shades beyond the cell, and a blotch extending along the termen. The second discal stigma is black and there is a marginal series of blackish dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. "Chlamydastis Meyrick, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 232


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