Chlamydastis leucoplasta

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

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

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a broad white fusiform costal band, almost from the base to the apex. There are two or three indistinct whitish dots on the termen. The hindwings are grey, darker in females.[2]

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