Chocophorus solisi

Chocophorus solisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Chocophorus
Species:	C. solisi
Binomial name
Chocophorus solisi Gielis & Matthews-Lott, 1994

Chocophorus solisi is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in El Salvador.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The head is scaled and the face is pale grey-brown. The antennae are dark brown with some pale brown scales. The thorax is dark brown with a double central and a lateral white longitudinal line. The forewings are pale to dark chocolate brown, interrupted by ferruginous parts. The hindwings are ferruginous-brown.^[1] Adults have been recorded in August.^[2]

Etymology

The species is named after Mrs. Alma Solis of the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology.

References

1. Neotropical Pterophoridae 9: Chocophorus, a new neotropical genus (Lepidoptera)
2. Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)