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Chlorolychnis

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Chlorolychnis
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Chlorolychnis

Meyrick, 1925
Species:
C. agnatella
Binomial name
Chlorolychnis agnatella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia agnatella Walker, 1864

Chlorolychnis is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Chlorolychnis agnatella, which is found in Indonesia (Java) and Sri Lanka.[1]

Adults are cinereous-brown, the forewings with many oblique parallel darker lines and with the marginal space speckled, without lines. The exterior border is convex and slightly oblique. The hindwings are cinereous.[2]

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