Haploscythris chloraema

Haploscythris chloraema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Haploscythris
Species: H. chloraema
Binomial name
Haploscythris chloraema
(Meyrick, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Butalis chloraema Meyrick, 1887
  • Scythris obstans Meyrick, 1928
  • Ephysteris obstans
  • Haploscythris paulianella Viette, 1956

Haploscythris chloraema is a moth in the Scythrididae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Botswana, Madagascar, Namibia and South Africa.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are pale grey irrorated grey. The plical and first discal stigmata are well-marked, blackish, the plical obliquely anterior, the second discal only indicated by two or three blackish scales. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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