Biology:Chocophorus leptochorda
Chocophorus leptochorda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Chocophorus |
Species: | C. leptochorda
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Binomial name | |
Chocophorus leptochorda (Meyrick, 1913)
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Chocophorus leptochorda is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica, Ecuador and Venezuela.
The wingspan is 12–25 mm. The head is scaled with mixed grey-white and dark brown scales. The antennae are grey-brown. The thorax is olive brown and grey-white mixed, with a double whitish line at the dorsum and laterally a single longitudinal line. The forewings are dark brown with white lines and a white transverse band. The fringes are blocked brown and white. The underside of the forewing is chocolate-brown turning pale in both lobes toward the apex. The hindwings and fringes are brown-grey. The underside of the hindwings is dark brown, but paler toward apex of all lobes.[1] Adults have been recorded in February and May.[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q5103690 entry