Protolychnis chlorotoma explained

Protolychnis chlorotoma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Malawi.^{[1] [2]}

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous with a direct transverse whitish-ochreous streak just before the middle, slightly angulated inwards towards the costa. There is a fine series of scattered whitish-ochreous scales from a dot on the costa at four-fifths to the dorsum before the tornus, angulated outwards in the middle. The hindwings are dark grey, lighter in the disc anteriorly.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Protolychnis chlorotoma (Meyrick, 1914) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 24, 2019.
2. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Protolychnis chlorotoma (Meyrick, 1914) . Afromoths . January 24, 2019.
3. Book: Meyrick, Edward . Edward Meyrick

   . Edward Meyrick . July 1914 . Exotic Microlepidoptera . I . 7 . 220 . Taylor and Francis . Internet Archive.