Chaliniastis

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Chaliniastis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Anacampsinae
Genus: Chaliniastis
Meyrick, 1904
Species:
C. astrapaea
Binomial name
Chaliniastis astrapaea
Meyrick, 1904

Chaliniastis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Chaliniastis astrapaea, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are bronzy-fuscous, darker on the posterior half and with an irregular undefined whitish streak along the dorsum from the base to the tornus, as well as a suffused dark fuscous blotch limiting this above from one-fourth to three-fourths. There is a moderate triangular white costal spot at four-fifths, where a fine white slightly curved line proceeds to the tornus. An obscure whitish-ochreous suffusion is found beyond this on the lower half. The hindwings are pale fuscous, becoming darker posteriorly. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ funet.fi
  2. ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 302. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.20163 . Retrieved 17 June 2020– via Internet Archive.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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