Chlamydastis byssophanes
| Chlamydastis byssophanes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Chlamydastis |
| Species: | C. byssophanes |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlamydastis byssophanes (Meyrick, 1926) | |
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Chlamydastis byssophanes is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in Peru and Brazil.[1]
The wingspan is 16–21 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, irregularly and variably suffused purplish with violet-whitish specks, the terminal third except towards the costa and dorsum chestnut-brown. The discal stigmata are large, cloudy and darker and sometimes with an irregular white tornal blotch. The terminal edge is white, becoming dots towards the tornus. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]
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