Chlamydastis metamochla

Chlamydastis metamochla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Chlamydastis
Species:	C. metamochla
Binomial name
	Chlamydastis metamochla; (Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
	Ptilogenes metamochla Meyrick, 1931;

Chlamydastis metamochla is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are white speckled light grey with the markings blackish. There are three short oblique streaks from the costa at one-fifth, two-fifths, and three-fourths, the first longest and nearly reaching the first discal stigma. The first discal stigma dot-like. The second forming a short transverse mark, the plical only indicated by one or two black scales obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a streak from the lower end of the second discal nearly reaching two large dots just before the termen below the middle. The hindwings are pale grey, slightly darker posteriorly.[2]

References

"Chlamydastis Meyrick, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (1): 45

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[1] "Chlamydastis Meyrick, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (1): 45