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Chionodes nephelophracta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Chionodes

Chionodes chlorocephala is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Costa Rica.

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.

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