Chlamydastis hemichlora

Chlamydastis hemichlora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Chlamydastis
Species: C. hemichlora
Binomial name
Chlamydastis hemichlora
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Agriophara hemichlora Meyrick, 1916

Chlamydastis hemichlora is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in French Guiana.[1]

The wingspan is 26-28 mm for males and about 38 mm for females. The forewings are dark brown, partially suffused with purplish-fuscous, and irregularly marked with dull light green, the dorsal half almost wholly dull light green. The plical and second discal stigmata are raised, transverse-linear and blackish. There is a subterminal line indistinctly indicated by some blackish dots or marks, in females forming strong blackish marks between the veins towards the middle of the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

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