Biology:Phytomimia chlorophylla

Short description: Species of moth

Phytomimia chlorophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Phytomimia Walsingham, 1912
Species:	P. chlorophylla
Binomial name
Phytomimia chlorophylla Walsingham, 1912
Synonyms
Phytomimia redundans Walsingham, 1912 Phytomimia silvicolor Meyrick, 1932 Phytomimia cynegetis Meyrick, 1932 Phytomimia pyrrhophthalma Meyrick, 1932

Phytomimia chlorophylla is a moth in the family Depressariidae, and the only species in the genus Phytomimia. It was described by Walsingham in 1912 and is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica and Peru.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are bright grass-green, the costa narrowly flesh-coloured throughout. A slender, oblique, flesh-coloured line before the termen crosses the veins, but does not reach the margins and a single dot of black scales is found on the disc at the end of the cell. The hindwings are pearly white.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13638102 entry