Haploscythris chloraema

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Haploscythris chloraema
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Haploscythris
Species:
H. chloraema
Binomial name
Haploscythris chloraema
(Meyrick, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Butalis chloraemaMeyrick, 1887
  • Scythris obstansMeyrick, 1928
  • Ephysteris obstans
  • Haploscythris paulianellaViette, 1956

Haploscythris chloraema is a moth in the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Botswana, Madagascar, Namibia and South Africa. [1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are pale grey, irrorated (sprinkled) with grey. The plical and first discal stigmata are well marked, blackish, the plical obliquely anterior, the second discal only indicated by two or three blackish scales. The hindwings are grey. [2]

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Haploscythris chloraema (Meyrick, 1887)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (13): 413. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .