Comocritis thespias

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Comocritis thespias
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C. thespias
Binomial name
Comocritis thespias
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Aetherastis thespias Meyrick, 1909

Comocritis thespias is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous with a white basal fascia, leaving a small spot of ground colour on the base of the costa and with a small white dorsal spot close beyond the fascia. There is a thick white streak along the costa from the fascia to three-fifths. An oblong yellow-ochreous patch extends through the lower part of the disc almost from the basal fascia, terminated by a crescentic white mark in the disc at two-thirds, and a quadrate white tornal spot connected with it, the ground colour above and below this patch suffused with black irroration. There is an irregular white streak from four-fifths of the costa to the middle of the termen, with a projection inwards from near the upper extremity, the space between this and the preceding white markings suffused with black and irrorated with white. The apical area is yellow-ochreous tinged with fuscous. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

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