Homaloxestis perichlora

Homaloxestis perichlora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Homaloxestis
Species: H. perichlora
Binomial name
Homaloxestis perichlora
Meyrick, 1910

Homaloxestis perichlora is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, faintly tinged purplish and with a rather broad whitish-yellow stripe along the costa from the base to the apex, narrowed posteriorly. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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