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Glyphidocera chungchinmookara

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Autostichidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Glyphidocera

Glyphidocera chungchinmookara is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Adamski and Brown in 2001. It is found in Venezuela.

The length of the forewings is 8.6-10 mm. The forewing colour consists of pale brown intermixed with a few dark-brown scales and dark-brown scales tipped with pale brown. The major veins are demarcated with dark-brown scales. The discal spots are absent and the marginal scales are brown. The hindwings are pale brown with elongate scales on the basal two-thirds.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Chung Chin Mook.

References

Glyphidocera chungchinmookara Wikipedia