Carodista bathroptila

Carodista bathroptila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Carodista
Species: C. bathroptila
Binomial name
Carodista bathroptila
(Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Homaloxestis bathroptila Meyrick, 1929

Carodista bathroptila is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in India (Assam).[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are ochreous-yellow with a large basal tuft of erect yellow-whitish scales. The markings are obscure, ill-defined and yellow-whitish, consisting of a broad fascia towards the base, a broad postmedian fascia interrupted in the middle, and an S-shaped streak from the disc at three-fourths to the apex. The hindwings are yellow-whitish.[2]

References

  1. "Carodista". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  2. Exot. Microlep. 3 (17): 517


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