Carodista melicrata

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Carodista melicrata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Carodista
Species:
C. melicrata
Binomial name
Carodista melicrata
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Homaloxestis melicrataMeyrick, 1910

Carodista melicrata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in Assam, India. [1]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are deep ochreous yellow with light brownish markings irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous. There is a spot on the base of the costa, and the costal edge is more or less suffused with dark fuscous irroration from this to three-fourths. There is an undefined cloudy fascia from one-third of the costa to the middle of the dorsum and a cloudy spot representing the second discal stigma. A triangular patch is found on the costa at two-thirds, where an irregular fascia runs to the tornus and there is an undefined patch on the upper two-thirds of the termen, edged by a dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are whitish ochreous tinged with grey. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (April 30, 2016). "Carodista melicrata (Meyrick, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (2): 442. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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