Chlamydastis chionosphena

Chlamydastis chionosphena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Chlamydastis
Species: C. chionosphena
Binomial name
Chlamydastis chionosphena
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Ptilogenes chionosphena Meyrick, 1931

Chlamydastis chionosphena is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in French Guiana.[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are brown, slightly reddish-tinged and with an elongate-triangular snow-while patch extending along the costa (with the apex anterior) from the base to five-sixths, reaching nearly half across the wing, the posterior side oblique from the end of the cell to the costa. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

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