Irenia leucoxantha

Irenia leucoxantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Irenia
Species:	I. leucoxantha
Binomial name
	Irenia leucoxantha; J. F. G. Clarke, 1978

Irenia leucoxantha is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile.[1]

The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The forewings are orange yellow with the extreme edge of the costa white. The surface of the wing with a few widely scattered black scales. The hindwings are pearl white.[2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Irenia leucoxantha Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 45. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Irenia leucoxantha Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2019.

[2] J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 45. Retrieved 15 December 2017.