Charistica porphyraspis

Charistica porphyraspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Charistica
Species: C. porphyraspis
Binomial name
Charistica porphyraspis
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Strobisia porphyraspis Meyrick, 1909

Charistica porphyraspis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Bolivia.[1]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-fuscous with the markings brilliant blue-metallic, with green and purple iridescence. There is a spot on the base of the costa and an angulated transverse line at one-fifth, not reaching the dorsum, as well as a slightly curved entire transverse line slightly before the middle and two transverse linear marks in the disc beyond the middle, rather converging upwards, and a dot on the fold beneath them. An inwardly oblique mark is found from the costa at two-thirds and there is a large bright purple patch on the lower part of the termen, extending from the tornus to above the middle. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

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