Procharista sardonias

Procharista sardonias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Procharista
Species: P. sardonias
Binomial name
Procharista sardonias
Meyrick, 1922

Procharista sardonias is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is found on Java.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are fuscous, all veins marked by cloudy whitish lines and with a dark blue line just below the costa on the basal fifth. The hindwings towards the base and in the disc thinly clothed with grey hairscales, elsewhere flat-scaled, light grey.[2]

References

  1. funet.fi
  2. Meyrick, 1922: VI: New Micro-Lepidoptera. Zoologische Mededeelingen VII: 80-89. Full article:


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