Carodista grypotatos

Carodista grypotatos is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Carodista grypotatos
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C. grypotatos
Binomial name
Carodista grypotatos
Park, 2001

The wingspan is 21–22 mm. The forewings are clothed with brown or dark brown scales with dark brown scales in the basal one-fifth of the costa and a yellowish orange costal patch. There is also a large, elliptical blackish antemedial patch bordered by yellowish orange scales along the inner margin. The median patch is X-shaped and yellowish orange and the postmedian line is zigzag shaped. The hindwings are grey with a broad orange white fascia to three-fourths along the costa.

Etymology

The species name refers to the horn on the ventral margin of the valva and is derived from gryp (meaning hooked).[2]

References

  1. "Carodista". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  2. Park, K.T. & Wu C.S., 2001: Additional faunistic data and discussions of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) from Sri Lanka, with descriptions of seven new species. Insecta Koreana, 18(2): 139-152. Full article: .


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