Promenesta chrysampyx
| Promenesta chrysampyx | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Promenesta |
| Species: | P. chrysampyx |
| Binomial name | |
| Promenesta chrysampyx Meyrick, 1915 | |
Promenesta chrysampyx is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas) and Peru.[1]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with a faint purplish tinge and a slender deep ochreous-yellow streak along the costa throughout, continued around the termen to the tornus, with its edge slightly waved. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
- ↑ Promenesta at funet.fi.
- ↑ Exot. Microlep. 1 (13): 412
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