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Chlamydastis metamochla

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Chlamydastis

Chlamydastis metamochla is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are white speckled light grey with the markings blackish. There are three short oblique streaks from the costa at one-fifth, two-fifths, and three-fourths, the first longest and nearly reaching the fiĀrst discal stigma. The first discal stigma dot-like. The second forming a short transverse mark, the plical only indicated by one or two black scales obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a streak from the lower end of the second discal nearly reaching two large dots just before the termen below the middle. The hindwings are pale grey, slightly darker posteriorly.

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Chlamydastis metamochla Wikipedia