Choreutis irridens

Choreutis irridens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Choreutidae
Genus:	Choreutis
Species:	C. irridens
Binomial name
	Choreutis irridens; (Meyrick, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
	Simaethis irridens Meyrick, 1921;

Choreutis irridens is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found in Mozambique.

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, partially mixed with reddish-brown and slightly sprinkled with whitish, the apical two-fifths of the costa and upper two-thirds of the termen suffused with reddish-brown. There are two indistinct transverse lines of whitish irroration from white dots on the costa, the first at one-third, straight, the second sinuate-oblique from the costa at three-fifths, abruptly angulated at one-third, then thrice zigzag to the dorsum at two-thirds. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

References

"Afro Moths". Afro Moths. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2):49–148: p. 111

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[1] "Afro Moths". Afro Moths. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

[2] Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2):49–148: p. 111