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Chlamydastis mysticopis

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

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

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. The forewings are pale greyish, thinly sprinkled dark fuscous, the dorsal third suffused whitish. There is a broad white fusiform costal band from near the base to near the apex, edged below with slight irregular dark fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are pale greyish-ochreous.[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): 233". Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.