Charistica iriantha

Charistica iriantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Charistica
Species: C. iriantha
Binomial name
Charistica iriantha
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Zalithia iriantha Meyrick, 1914

Charistica iriantha is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana and Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 12-13 mm. The forewings are black, but from the base to the middle except on the margins the wing is suffused with metallic-blue on the costal half, metallic-green on the dorsal half, with a small yellow subcostal spot near the base, and sometimes another at one-fourth. There is a yellow elongate blotch extending along the costa from the middle to three-fourths, enclosing a metallic-blue streak and there is also a small irregular yellow spot in the middle of the disc. A shining blue-purple trapezoidal blotch is found on the dorsum towards the tornus, reaching half across wing, the upper posterior angle acute, the upper anterior angle connected with a costal yellow blotch by a blue mark. The wing beyond these markings is wholly coppery-red. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

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