Chlamydastis xylinaspis explained

Chlamydastis xylinaspis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are ochreous-grey, suffused with whitish on the costal half of the median third and a black dot beneath the middle of the wing. There is an inwardly oblique raised black bar on the end of the cell, partially edged with brown. There is also a large rounded rufous-brown apical blotch suffusedly streaked with black, its edge running from the costal prominence to below the middle of the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/stenomatinae/chlamydastis/ Chlamydastis
  2. https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid01meyr#page/407/mode/1up Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (13): 407