Chlamydastis leucoplasta

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

Chlamydastis leucoplasta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Chlamydastis
Species:
C. leucoplasta
Binomial name
Chlamydastis leucoplasta
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Ptilogenes leucoplasta Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a broad white fusiform costal band, almost from the base to the apex. There are two or three indistinct whitish dots on the termen. The hindwings are grey, darker in females.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Chlamydastis Meyrick, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 232   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.