Biology:Chaliniastis

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Short description: Genus of moths

Chaliniastis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsoflin29linn#page/302/mode/1up. Retrieved 17 June 2020.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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