Phaeoses chalinota

Phaeoses chalinota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Phaeoses
Species: P. chalinota
Binomial name
Phaeoses chalinota
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Opogona chalinota Meyrick, 1910

Phaeoses chalinota is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in the India and Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 7-10 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous-bronze with a white line crossing the wing and a whitish-ochreous apical spot. The hindwings are dark grey.[1]

The larvae feed on dry stems of Polypodium quercifolium.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1910).XXII. NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA.
  2. ↑ Fletcher, T.B., Life Histories of Indian Insects Microlepidoptera. Vol.VI(1).
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