Choreutis niphocrypta

Choreutis niphocrypta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Choreutis
Species: C. niphocrypta
Binomial name
Choreutis niphocrypta
(Meyrick, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Simaethis niphocrypta Meyrick, 1930
  • Anthophila niphocrypta

Choreutis niphocrypta is a moth in the Choreutidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are deep red-brown, the basal area irrorated white and with a slightly excurved antemedian fascia of white irroration, narrowed and forming a small white spot on the costa. There is some white irroration about the end of the cell and a broader excurved fascia of white irroration from two-thirds of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, forming two small white spots on the costa and limited anteriorly by a contorted-dentate undefined line, posteriorly confluent with a subterminal fascia of white irroration from a small white spot on the costa. The hindwings are snow-white with a blackish costal band occupying nearly one-third of the wing.[2]

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