Charistica caeligena

Charistica caeligena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Charistica
Species:	C. caeligena
Binomial name
	Charistica caeligena; (Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
	Zalithia caeligena Meyrick, 1922;

Charistica caeligena 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 12–13 mm. The forewings are fulvous orange with a deep blue basal patch, limited by an oblique blackish streak from one-third of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, a spot of blackish suffusion on the base of the costa and three light silvery-blue longitudinal streaks, the first along the costa from before the middle to four-fifths, the second in the disc from about the middle to near the apex, partially and variably edged with some blackish marking anteriorly and in females also posteriorly, the third beneath the fold from the basal patch to the tornus, edged with blackish suffusion. In females, there is a terminal fascia of deep brown-reddish suffusion. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

Savela, Markku (February 12, 2015). "Charistica caeligena (Meyrick, 1922)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 101.

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[1] Savela, Markku (February 12, 2015). "Charistica caeligena (Meyrick, 1922)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2020.

[2] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 101.