Charistica walkeri

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Charistica walkeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Charistica
Species:
C. walkeri
Binomial name
Charistica walkeri
(Walsingham, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Strobisia walkeriWalsingham, 1911
  • Zalithia euphractaMeyrick, 1914

Charistica walkeri is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1911. It is found from Panama to Colombia. [1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings have a leaden grey basal patch, merging outwardly into tawny purplish fuscous, which reaches to one-third and is bounded on the costa by a cuneiform white costal streak, while from its lower half it sends obliquely upward a sharp steel-grey tooth-like projection into the deep brownish orange band which succeeds it. From each extremity of the white costal streak a dark steel-grey point also projects outward and the broad orange band into which these project is bounded a little beyond the middle of the wing by a rather oblique bright steel-grey fascia, narrowly margined on either side by black, and rather wider on the dorsum than on the costa. This again is succeeded by a deep reddish orange fascia, narrower than the preceding orange band, but somewhat produced outward on the dorsum. Above this dorsal extension is a deep blackish patch extending to the costa and produced outward nearly to the apex, this contains a pair of rather converging silvery white costal streaks and a small spot of steel-grey towards its lower extremity, the space beyond it to the apex and termen, including the cilia, being rich shining purple. The hindwings are dark coppery brown. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ funet.fi
  2. ↑ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 80 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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