Chlamydastis argocymba

Chlamydastis argocymba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Chlamydastis
Species: C. argocymba
Binomial name
Chlamydastis argocymba
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Ptilogenes argocymba Meyrick, 1926

Chlamydastis argocymba is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The forewings are greyish-ochreous or light fuscous, sprinkled darker and with an elongate semi-oval white costal blotch extending from one-fifth to near the apex, margined beneath by dark fuscous suffusion. There is a toothed whitish-ochreous line around the apex and termen, the indentations filled with dark fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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