| Charistica rhodopetala | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Charistica |
| Species: | C. rhodopetala |
| Binomial name | |
| Charistica rhodopetala (Meyrick, 1922) | |
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Charistica rhodopetala is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[1]
The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are blackish with the basal two-fifths suffused with dark blue except on the costa and with an incomplete narrowly transverse-oval whitish ring before the middle from beneath the costa to below the fold. There is a narrow shining indigo-blue postmedian fascia not quite reaching the margins, expanded posteriorly towards the dorsum, and an oval blotch in the disc at three-fourths not reaching the margins. A triangular whitish spot is found on the costa at four-fifths, followed by a small blackish spot. The apical fifth of the wing beyond these markmgs forms a coppery-red blotch with violet gloss. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (February 12, 2015). "Charistica rhodopetala (Meyrick, 1922)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 102.
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