Chlorolychnis

Chlorolychnis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Genus:
Meyrick, 1925
Species:
C. agnatella
Binomial name
Chlorolychnis agnatella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia agnatella Walker, 1864

Chlorolychnis is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Chlorolychnis agnatella, which is found in Indonesia (Java) and Sri Lanka.[1]

Adults are cinereous-brown, the forewings with many oblique parallel darker lines and with the marginal space speckled, without lines. The exterior border is convex and slightly oblique. The hindwings are cinereous.[2]

References

  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 29: 633 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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