Chaliniastis
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Genus: | Chaliniastis Meyrick, 1904
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Species: | C. astrapaea
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Chaliniastis astrapaea Meyrick, 1904
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Chaliniastis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Chaliniastis astrapaea, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are bronzy-fuscous, darker on the posterior half and with an irregular undefined whitish streak along the dorsum from the base to the tornus, as well as a suffused dark fuscous blotch limiting this above from one-fourth to three-fourths. There is a moderate triangular white costal spot at four-fifths, where a fine white slightly curved line proceeds to the tornus. An obscure whitish-ochreous suffusion is found beyond this on the lower half. The hindwings are pale fuscous, becoming darker posteriorly.[3]
References
- ^ funet.fi
- ^ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 302. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.