Carodista trichopla

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

Carodista trichopla 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 16 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, tinged yellowish near the base. The hindwings are light greyish-ochreous with the dorsal area from one-fourth clothed with appressed ochreous-yellowish hairs, a downwards directed fringe of short hairs from the median part of the disc above this.[2]

References

  1. "Carodista". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  2. Exot. Microlep. 3 (17): 518


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