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Procharista sardonias

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Species of moth

Procharista sardonias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found on Java in Indonesia.

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.

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (November 16, 2015). "Procharista sardonias Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1922). "New Micro-Lepidoptera". Zoologische Mededeelingen. 7: 80–89. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Procharista sardonias


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