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Habrophylax chalcochtha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Species

Genus
  
Habrophylax Meyrick, 1931

Habrophylax chalcochtha is a moth in the Depressariidae family, and the only species in the genus Habrophylax. It was described by Meyrick in 1931 and is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-brown, posteriorly irregularly speckled whitish and with a broad light brassy-yellow pointed costal stripe almost from the base to near the apex, its costal edge dark brown, the lower edge suffused. There is a suffused pale brassy-yellowish dorsal stripe from a light crimson spot at the base to near the tornus. The hindwings are grey.

References

Habrophylax chalcochtha Wikipedia