Chionodes nephelophracta

Chionodes nephelophracta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species: C. nephelophracta
Binomial name
Chionodes nephelophracta
(Meyrick, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia nephelophracta Meyrick, 1932

Chionodes nephelophracta is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in Costa Rica.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are brownish, with the extreme base mixed dark grey. There is a broad rather oblique fascia of blackish-grey suffusion from the costa about one-third nearly to the fold, beyond this the costal half is suffusedly mixed dark grey. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes nephelophracta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. Exotic Microlep. 4 (11): 352


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