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Ptochoryctis chalazopa

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Ptochoryctis chalazopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Ptochoryctis
Species:
P. chalazopa
Binomial name
Ptochoryctis chalazopa
Meyrick, 1920

Ptochoryctis chalazopa is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found on Java in Indonesia.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are white with a broad band of black irroration (sprinkling) suffused with pale grey rising obliquely from the dorsum near the base and running through the disc above the middle to a large roundish blotch occupying most of the wing beyond the cell but not extending to the margins, posteriorly suffused blackish. There is a triangular blackish spot on the dorsum about the middle, and two rather inwards-oblique streaks of blackish irroration between this and the posterior blotch. There is also a terminal series of small groups of black scales. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 2, 2013). "Ptochoryctis chalazopa Meyrick, 1920". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (11): 321. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.