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Choreutis irridens

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Choreutis irridens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 (0.39 in). 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

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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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.