Phytomimia chlorophylla
Sign in to savePhytomimia chlorophylla is a moth in the family Depressariidae, and the only species in the genus Phytomimia. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1912 and is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica and Peru.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyDepressariidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Depressariidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Guatemala
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Phytomimia chlorophylla is a moth in the family Depressariidae, and the only species in the genus Phytomimia. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1912 and is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica and Peru.
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are bright grass-green, the costa narrowly flesh-coloured throughout. A slender, oblique, flesh-coloured line before the termen crosses the veins, but does not reach the margins and a single dot of black scales is found on the disc at the end of the cell. The hindwings are pearly white.
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