Homaloxestis cholopis

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Homaloxestis cholopis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Homaloxestis
Species:
H. cholopis
Binomial name
Homaloxestis cholopis
(Meyrick, 1906) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera cholopisMeyrick, 1906
  • Homaloxestis lophophoraJanse, 1954
  • Homaloxestis surreptaDiakonoff, 1968

Homaloxestis cholopis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in Taiwan, China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan), Myanmar, Nepal, India, Java and south-western Africa. [2]

The wingspan is 14.5–17 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous and the hindwings are whitish-grey, greyer posteriorly. [3]

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